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[I'm not sure if it has requested before, I did find a few ask for help posts where `t as used instead of %A_Tab%. A mod may delete this wish if it was already asked before.]

Str(ing)Replace accepts `r and `n why not add `t as well?


Currently you have to do if possible would be nice.

You can use `t in a MsgBox for example so why not StringReplace.

I actually support this.

This code...


...gives this error msg...


However, there is a workaround, make it an expression...


...but even with a workaround, I'd still like to see if this could be made to work.

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I would imagine that it's probably disallowed because it would be difficult for AHK to know when to omit surrounding whitespace in a parameter, since some people put a space/tab after the commas for the parameters.

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It should be possible to remove those spaces though before parsing `t I think.

#EscapeChar was removed from v2. Would it be feasible to simply remove the escape sequences by replacing them with built-in constants? They're another instance of dual syntax: the root of all confusion.

The beginning and end of the parameter list are trimmed before escape sequences are processed, whereas the whitespace surrounding each delimiter (comma) is not.

That would not be feasible due to the need to differentiate `, from ,. However, characters originating from escape sequences (whether `t or `,) are marked in a way that could be used to avoid trimming `t.
No. There are various contexts which allow escape sequences but not variable references.

This has now been impletemented in AutoHotkey_L v1.1.06 http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic82444.html
Thanks!