Horizonal Tabs in "white-space: pre" Elements

Hello.

Behavior of horizonal tabs in "white-space: pre" elements seems to be 
different between browsers.

Example ('|' as horisonal tab character):
<PRE>
sample..|horizonal tabbed string
</PRE>

Some browser displays this like this:
sample..        horizonal tabbed string

Another will display like this:
sample..    horizonal tabbed string


Is there any way (or definition) to control the behavior of horizonal tab 
characters in "white-space: pre" elements?


If not, I wish for some new property (or properties) like:

pre-horizonal-tab: 4;  /* horizonal tab stops 
                          every 4 characters (narrow-cell glyph) */

pre-horizonal-tab: 4,12,40; /* tab stop at 4, 12, 40, and after this,
                               every 28=40-12 (40+28=68, 68+28=96, ...) */

pre-horizonal-tab: 4,12,40,0; /* tab stop at 4, 12 and 40. if horizonal tabs
                                 appear after the last non-zero tab-location,
                                 they will treated as a single space ' '. */

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Received on Friday, 17 September 1999 23:29:17 UTC