Convert tab elements to tab characters

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e935864..e0f134b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.4.18
+
+* When extracting raw text, convert tab elements to tab characters.
+
 # 1.4.17
 
 * Handle w:num with invalid w:abstractNumId.
diff --git a/lib/raw-text.js b/lib/raw-text.js
index da9a640..138b73c 100644
--- a/lib/raw-text.js
+++ b/lib/raw-text.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+var documents = require("./documents");
+
 function convertElementToRawText(element) {
     if (element.type === "text") {
         return element.value;
+    } else if (element.type === documents.types.tab) {
+        return "\t";
     } else {
         var tail = element.type === "paragraph" ? "\n\n" : "";
         return (element.children || []).map(convertElementToRawText).join("") + tail;
diff --git a/test/raw-text.tests.js b/test/raw-text.tests.js
index f7b13b2..fdd0bc2 100644
--- a/test/raw-text.tests.js
+++ b/test/raw-text.tests.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var test = require("./test")(module);
 var convertElementToRawText = require("../lib/raw-text").convertElementToRawText;
 
 
-test('text node is converted to text content', function() {
+test('text element is converted to text content', function() {
     var element = new documents.Text("Hello.");
 
     var result = convertElementToRawText(element);
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ test('text node is converted to text content', function() {
     assert.strictEqual(result, "Hello.");
 });
 
+test('tab element is converted to tab character', function() {
+    var element = documents.tab();
+
+    var result = convertElementToRawText(element);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(result, "\t");
+});
+
 test('paragraphs are terminated with newlines', function() {
     var element = new documents.Paragraph(
         [