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Landon Curt Noll 7712db4a17 Expand all leading tabs in markdown files
Given how problematic leading tabs in markdown files can be,
we have expanded all leading tabs in markdown files by:

```sh
find * -type f -name '*.md' -print |
  while read -r file; do
    rm -f "$file.tmp" ;
    expand < "$file" > "$file.tmp" ;
    mv -f -v "$file.tmp" "$file" ;
  done
```

Given the previous changes to `bin/pandoc-wrapper.sh` and other recent
commits and recent pull requests, the were were **NO** changes to
any HTML files.  This is a **good thing** as the expression goes.

No there are no leading tabs in any markdown files.
A check to catch any re-introduction of leading tabs
into any markdown file is on the way.

BTW: We do not have anything against leading tabs in files,
even though we have had to deal with their impact on forming
HTML from markdown files (as well as the calc source code).
It is just that this is one of those cases where tabs conflict
(sometimes caused by people wanting to change the classic
8-space tab model) with a desired outcome.

Perform `make www` to perform the above and test under macOS.
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1.8 KiB

To build:

    make

To use:

    ./litmaath some text

There is an alternate version provided. See the Alternate code section below.

Try:

    ./litmaath eschew obfuscation

Alternate code:

This alternate code, added to help understand the entry and for fun, is code that we suggested at the time of the entry publication but which we never put in a file.

Alternate build:

    make alt

Use litmaath.alt as you would litmaath above.

Alternate try:

    ./litmaath.alt six was afraid of seven because seven eight nine

Judges' remarks:

Note the unusual structure:

    while (<condition>)
         ;

Did you notice that the body is empty?

Furthermore, it's interesting to note that only two variables are used to achieve everything.

The best one can do to understand how the program works is to give it two small strings as arguments, and follow the program closely. One could make the body of the while loop an fprintf with interesting variables like:

    fprintf(stderr,
         "argv=%lo *argv=%lo **argv=%c argv[1]=%lo *argv[1]=%c argc=%d\n",
         (long) argv, (long) *argv, *argv && **argv ? **argv : '@',
         (long) argv[1], argv[1] && *argv[1] ? *argv[1] : '@', argc);

... which is what the alternate code is.

Author's remarks:

No remarks were provided by the author.