Re: vim expandtab

[William Jensen <jensenb@bodach.com>]

I like my tabs to insert 3 spaces so I use:

set softtabstop=3

Luck,

Bill

On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:36:12AM -0700, Parrish M Myers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed vim on my potato box.  It seems to be a great vi
> replacement.  But, is there any way to make vim to insert spaces when
> the tab button is presses.  I think I have to set the expandtab setting
> by the command:
> 
> :set et
> 
> But this doesn't seem to always work.  Most notably when I use the
> command O or o.  When I use these commands there is still an 8space tab
> that is inserted.  Is there any way to get the tab repacement option to
> work all the time...  I want it to act like nedit does with the emulate
> tab option.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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