--- rxvt-unicode/src/encoding.C	2004/08/04 03:29:28	1.18
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/encoding.C	2004/08/23 18:51:21	1.19
@@ -306,5 +306,6 @@
 
 bool unicode::is_space (unicode_t c)
 {
-  return IS_SPACE (c);
+  return IS_SPACE (c)
+         || c == 0x09; // exclude tabs, too, as we store them in the buffer
 }