Adjusting TAB setting in vim

Carl Parrish plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
22 Apr 2003 14:52:57 -0700


:set tabstop=4
and maybe 
:set sts=4

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 08:38, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> On Apr 22,  8:07am, Bart Garst wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know if it's possible to adjust the number of spaces the TAB
> > key indents in vim? Right now it does 8 but I'd like it at 4.
> 
> It's probably not exactly what you want, but take a look at
> expand / unexpand.  (Do "man expand"...)
> 
> You should also considering leaving your tab stops set to 8 in vim and
> use vim's shiftwidth setting instead.  Then, get used to using ^T and ^D
> (in insert mode) instead of ^I.
> 
> Kevin
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