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--- vim:config:indentation:indentation_with_spaces [2022/10/08 13:57] – created peter
+++ vim:config:indentation:indentation_with_spaces [2022/10/08 14:02] (current) – peter
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 ====== VIM - Config - Indentation - Indentation with spaces ======
+To indent with only spaces, and not with tabs.
+<code>
+set expandtab
+set shiftwidth=2
+set softtabstop=2
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  These settings will result in spaces being used for all indentation.
+  * The principle is to set **expandtab**, and **set shiftwidth** and **set softtabstop** to the same value, while leaving **tabstop** at its default value.
+  * **expandtab** affects what happens when you press the **<TAB>** key.
+    * If **expandtab** is set, pressing the **<TAB>** key will always insert **softtabstop** amount of space characters.
+    * Otherwise, the amount of spaces inserted is minimized by using TAB characters.
+  * **shiftwidth** affects what happens when you press **>>**, **<<** or **==**.
+    * It also affects how automatic indentation works.
+  * **softtabstop** affects what happens when you press the **<TAB>** or **<BS>** keys.
+    * Its default value is the same as the value of **tabstop**, but when using indentation without hard tabs or mixed indentation, you want to set it to the same value as **shiftwidth**.
+    * If **expandtab** is unset, and **tabstop** is different from **softtabstop**, the **<TAB>** key will minimize the amount of spaces inserted by using multiples of TAB characters.
+      * For instance, if **tabstop** is 8, and the amount of consecutive space inserted is 20, two TAB characters and four spaces will be used.
+</WRAP>