RE: vim + printing = wretched output
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:36:10AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:30:43AM -0500, William Jensen
> (jensenb@charter.net) wrote:
> > > Hey guys, has anyone run into bad printing with vim?
> > >
> > > I spend a few hours editing some notes for class and when I lpt <file>
> the
> > > spacing was terrible. It's like more/less/lpr treat the tabs/spaces
> in vim
> > > totally different. I also tried printing from within vim with :%w
> !lpr but
> > > it had the same affect. How can I make vim print out exactly as it
> looks
> > > when I'm editing the file? Or, cringe, do I need to go to emacs?
> >
> > What's your 'ts' (tabstop) setting in vim? If it's anything but 8,
> > you'll have a difference of opinion between it and most of the rest of
> > the world.
> >
>
> My tab stop is set to 3 (for coding). Indenting 8 spaces per tab in code
> is just wasteful. Anything I can do to get around this?
>
I think you want to use "set sw=3 ts=8 ht=0" in your
.exrc file. Then use ^t when you want to indent and
^d to back up an indent level (in insert mode).
jim
> Bill
>
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