vim:tabs
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| ====== VIM - Tabs ====== | ====== VIM - Tabs ====== | ||
| - | Popular tab styles include | + | Popular tab styles include: |
| * Tabs are eight columns wide. Each indentation level is one tab. (Popular with the Linux kernel.) | * Tabs are eight columns wide. Each indentation level is one tab. (Popular with the Linux kernel.) | ||
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| * softtabstop. | * softtabstop. | ||
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| ===== tabstop ===== | ===== tabstop ===== | ||
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| This is the only command here that will affect how existing text displays. | This is the only command here that will affect how existing text displays. | ||
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| ===== expandtab ===== | ===== expandtab ===== | ||
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| When expandtab is set, hitting Tab in insert mode will produce the appropriate number of spaces. | When expandtab is set, hitting Tab in insert mode will produce the appropriate number of spaces. | ||
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| ===== shiftwidth ===== | ===== shiftwidth ===== | ||
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| Set shiftwidth to control how many columns text is indented with the reindent operations (<< and >>) and automatic C-style indentation. | Set shiftwidth to control how many columns text is indented with the reindent operations (<< and >>) and automatic C-style indentation. | ||
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| ===== softtabstop ===== | ===== softtabstop ===== | ||
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| Set softtabstop to control how many columns vim uses when you hit Tab in insert mode. If softtabstop is less than tabstop and expandtab is not set, vim will use a combination of tabs and spaces to make up the desired spacing. | Set softtabstop to control how many columns vim uses when you hit Tab in insert mode. If softtabstop is less than tabstop and expandtab is not set, vim will use a combination of tabs and spaces to make up the desired spacing. | ||
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| ===== Indentation in the real world ===== | ===== Indentation in the real world ===== | ||
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| ... you get the idea. | ... you get the idea. | ||
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| ===== Remembering these settings ===== | ===== Remembering these settings ===== | ||
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| You can't just throw this into your .vimrc and expect all to work, though, because vim will flush its syntax highlighting rules when it loads new files. To hijack this process, add syntax files for your favorite languages in $HOME/ | You can't just throw this into your .vimrc and expect all to work, though, because vim will flush its syntax highlighting rules when it loads new files. To hijack this process, add syntax files for your favorite languages in $HOME/ | ||
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