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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-1-2 on page I-434 in "Using the \protect \nxLenv  {tabbing} environment".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{111.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\newcommand\badcafe{caf\'e (bad)}
\newcommand\goodcafe{caf\a'e}       \newcommand\greatcafe{café}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{tabbing} Tab one \= Tab two \= Tab three   \\
                7-bit \> \badcafe   \> \goodcafe  \\
                UTF-8 \> \greatcafe \> or café    \end{tabbing}
\end{document}
