<tt>tabsize</tt> defaults to <em>7</em>.
==string.compactlong(string) | stringstrings.striplong(string)==
<pre>
print(string.compactlong(s))
print(stringstrings.striplong(s))
</pre>
leading spaces from <tt>string</tt>.
<tt>stringstrings.striplong</tt> removes leading spaces and converts dos
newlines to unix newlines.