From: Craig Files <craig_files@...>
Date: 2002-03-22T07:46:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Mini Rant: Indenting

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:12:18 -0700, Paul Brannan wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:14:47AM +0900, Thomas Hurst wrote:
>> Why is it that I see *so* much code like:
>> 
>> (uri/generic.rb)
>>   if USERINFO !~ v
>> 桟祁祁祁raise InvalidComponentError,
>> 桟祁祁祁  "bad component(expected userinfo component or
>>     user component): #{v}"
>>   end
> 
> AFAIK, it's a vi thing.  If I set:
>   :set tabstop=8
>   :set shiftwidth=2
>   :set autoindent
> 
> then vi's autoindent inserts a tab any time it sees 8 spaces.  If anyone
> knows a way around this, I'm all ears.
> 
> Note that vim does not have this problem, since it has the "expandtab"
> option.
> 
> Paul

Put :set expandtab  in your .vimrc file.  ... This specifies that 
while in autoindent mode spaces are used instead of tabs.  To place 
a tab while in this mode use <CNTRL-V><TAB>.

  Craig


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