JAVACC: Adjstments to column number for tab (\t) chars

I noticed that the generated JavaCC generated
ASCII_UCodeESC_CharStream.java adjusts the column numbers
when dealing with tabs (\t). Here is the snippet of the code -
private final void UpdateLineColumn(char c)
{
:
:
switch (c)
{
case '\r' :
prevCharIsCR = true;
break;
case '\n' :
prevCharIsLF = true;
break;
case '\t' :
column--;
column += (8 - (column & 07));
break;
default :
break;
}
:
:
}


This seems to assume a tab width of 8. Is this documented anywhere ?
Is there a way to turn this off. This is throwing off my beginColumn and
endColumn fields of my Tokens which I am trying to use to show the
selection in a JTextArea.


Has anyone run into this before ?


-sandip

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