fix: correct tab rendering and cursor positioning #105
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This PR implements native support for the Tab character (\t) in ded, replacing the previous behavior of inserting 4 spaces.
Instead of hardcoding tab widths in the renderer or lexer, this implementation leverages the existing atlas->metrics system. By assigning a custom horizontal advance (ax) to the \t glyph index, all components (lexer, cursor positioning, and rendering) automatically respect the tab width without additional conditional logic.
src/free_glyph.c– Added initialization of the tab character’s glyph metrics infree_glyph_atlas_init. The tab’s advance width is set to 4× the space character’s advance (matching the existing width assumption inlexer_chop_char).src/lexer.c– Restored the condition&& l->content[l->cursor] != '\t'inlexer_trim_left, ensuring tabs are not consumed as whitespace and can be properly tokenized asTOKEN_TAB.src/lexer.h–TOKEN_TABdefined.src/main.c– The Tab key handling (inserts a literal\t). The TODO comments about smarter indentation are left for future work.