Re: vim & tab & space

[Chanop Silpa-Anan <chanop@syseng.anu.edu.au>]

Once upon a time, I heard Eric G. Miller say

> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:37:58PM +1000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is not really debian topic, but since I got the idea from dpkg-scanlibs
> > thread from debian-devel two months ago.
> > 
> > In vim, what is the setting to use tab for indent and space for alignment? I
> > couldn't figure it out since vim always try to use tab instead of space.
> > 
> > e.g. when I use ts=4, sw=4 and has a line like this
> > 
> > [tab][tab]printf ("Hello World \
> > 
> > when I press enter vim will try to insert [tab] like
> > 
> > [tab][tab][tab][tab]here I can start typing again\n");
> > 
> > 
> > What is the setting to get rid of the third (and forth and ..) tab that is
> > not for indenting but for aligning?
> 
> I believe you're referring to "cindent", when syntax=c is on...
> 
> :set cindent=off ???

I want automatic indenting feature. No matter mode tried to set,
autouindent, smartindent, and cindent, vim always try to minimize usage of
space by filling in tabs according to ts.

I just wonder whether there is a way to fine tune this or not?

Chanop
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