On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 11:02:09 +0200 Anders Arnholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then why not learn the editor :^) Whan hitting tab MY vim with tabstop > of eight jumps to the next indention level,
I suggest you try that again VERRRY carefully. I just tried it. Entered
the editor in Python mode
:set shiftwidth=4
if foo:<CR><TAB>
8 spaces, not 4. 8.
'shiftwidth' 'sw' number (default 8)
local to buffer
Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent. Used for
|'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
Since we're not in cindent that doesn't count and since it is easier to
set TS to 4 and whack tab once at a new block I prefer to do that than to slap
space 4 times or hit >>. Furthermore this is born out in vim's own
documentation of tabstop:
There are four main ways to use tabs in Vim:
[SNIP]
2. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed.
[SNIP]
To get the behavior you describe you have to set tabstop to 4 so that it
will go to the next multiple of 4. Shiftwidth works on reindenting blocks.
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