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--- vim:config:indentation:indentation_purely_with_hard_tabs [2022/10/08 14:03] – created peter
+++ vim:config:indentation:indentation_purely_with_hard_tabs [2022/10/08 14:07] (current) – peter
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 ====== VIM - Config - Indentation - Indentation purely with hard tabs ======
+To indent only with hard tabs, and not with spaces.
+<code>
+set shiftwidth=2
+set tabstop=2
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  These settings will result in hard tabs being used for all indentation.
+  * The principle is to set **set tabstop** and **set shiftwidth** to the same value, and to leave **expandtab** at its default value (**noexpandtab**), and leave **softtabstop** unset.
+  * **shiftwidth** affects what happens when you press **>>**, **<<** or **==**.
+    * It also affects how automatic indentation works.
+  * **tabstop** changes the width of the TAB character, plain and simple.
+</WRAP>