diff --git a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/man b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/man
index ddc2259c4..7845dc779 100644
--- a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/man
+++ b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Man pages (taken from /plumb/basic), e.g. man(1)
-type is text
-data matches '([a-zA-Z¡-0-9_\-./]+)\(([1-8])\)'
-plumb start rc -c 'man '$2' '$1' >[2=1] | nobs | plumb -i -d edit -a ''action=showdata filename=/man/'$1'('$2')'''
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'([a-zA-Z¡-0-9_\-./]+)\(([1-8])\)'
+plumb	start	rc -c 'man '$2' '$1' >[2=1] | nobs | plumb -i -d edit -a ''action=showdata filename=/man/'$1'('$2')'''
diff --git a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/tvl b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/tvl
index 789a46b84..994b4129a 100644
--- a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/tvl
+++ b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/tvl
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@
 
 # TVL short links that go to the browser, e.g. cl/8413, b/187
 
-type is text
-data matches 'cl/([0-9]+)'
-data set https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/$1
-plumb to web
-plumb start web $data
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'cl/([0-9]+)'
+data	set	https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/$1
+plumb	to	web
+plumb	start	web $data
 
-type is text
-data matches 'b/([0-9]+)'
-data set https://b.tvl.fyi/issues/$1
-plumb to web
-plumb start web $data
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'b/([0-9]+)'
+data	set	https://b.tvl.fyi/issues/$1
+plumb	to	web
+plumb	start	web $data
 
 # TVL revision short links e.g. r/9000, r/3
 
-type is text
-data matches 'r/([0-9]+)'
-data set refs/r/$1
-plumb start rc -c 'cd '$wdir'; cd `{git rev-parse --show-toplevel} && git show --pretty=fuller '$data' | plumb -i -d edit -a ''action=showdata filename=+git/'$data''' '
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'r/([0-9]+)'
+data	set	refs/r/$1
+plumb	start	rc -c 'cd '$wdir'; cd `{git rev-parse --show-toplevel} && git show --pretty=fuller '$data' | plumb -i -d edit -a ''action=showdata filename=+git/'$data''' '
 
 # TVL target short links
 
@@ -43,36 +43,36 @@ depotpath = '//('$depotpathchar'+)'
 # We impose the same restrictions for the initial path,
 # but are liberal in the file name
 
-type is text
-data matches '//('$depotchar'+/)?([^ ]*'$depotpathchar')'
-arg isfile $depot/$1$2
-data set $file
-plumb to edit
-plumb client $editor
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'//('$depotchar'+/)?([^ ]*'$depotpathchar')'
+arg	isfile	$depot/$1$2
+data	set	$file
+plumb	to	edit
+plumb	client	$editor
 
 # TVL short links to directories in depot, mapped to default.nix, e.g. //nix/readTree
 
-type is text
-data matches $depotpath
-arg isfile $depot/$1/default.nix
-data set $file
-plumb to edit
-plumb client $editor
+type	is	text
+data	matches	$depotpath
+arg	isfile	$depot/$1/default.nix
+data	set	$file
+plumb	to	edit
+plumb	client	$editor
 
 # TVL short links to targets that aren't expressed by default.nix, e.g. //third_party/lisp/alexandria
 
-type is text
-data matches $depotpath
-arg isfile $depot/$1.nix
-data set $file
-plumb to edit
-plumb client $editor
+type	is text
+data	matches	$depotpath
+arg	isfile	$depot/$1.nix
+data	set	$file
+plumb	to	edit
+plumb	client	$editor
 
 # TVL short links to directories in depot (without default.nix), e.g. //ops/machines
 
-type is text
-data matches $depotpath
-arg isdir $depot/$1
-data set $dir
-plumb to edit
-plumb client $editor
+type	is	text
+data	matches	$depotpath
+arg	isdir	$depot/$1
+data	set	$dir
+plumb	to	edit
+plumb	client	$editor