Multiple white spaces can not be used in keywords.txt

[Myriads]

If multiple white spaces are used to align KEYWORDs in keywords.txt file, then KEYWORDs are not recognized and not working in Arduino IDE.

[ffissore]

keywords columns are tab separated

[Myriads]

I know that keywords columns are tab separated.

If PApplet.splitTokens(line) is used instead of PAapplet.split(line, '\t'),
then any white space can be used in Keywords.

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keywords columns are tab separated

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[ffissore]

IMHO tabs are a far safer separator, whatever the contents of the file is (almost)

[Myriads]

If multiple tabs are used for indentation, Keywords do not work.

[BrentWilkins]

@ffissore Will you please expand on the issue with splitting on white-space? Makefiles are the only other example I can come up with that requires tabs. I feel the problem isn't as bad as the way the single-tab-only files look.

[bperrybap]

Why is this a won't fix item?
This seems very silly.
The separator should be white space rather than tab and white space is white space.
tab or space should not matter.
The older IDEs would not accept more than a single tab. Someone went in and modified the IDE to support multiple tabs, and that would have been a good time to support using the space as a separator.

At this point, it seems like it is more of an issue obstinacy than a technical issue.

[per1234]

See #6693