tabs / was [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-07 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 06:17:46PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > set sts=2 sw=2 ts=8 et > This always inserts spaces (the 'et') so it will be correct regardless > of what tool you use to view it. It also keeps tabs following Th > Right Way (tm) -- 8 spaces. By setting 'sts' and 'sw' you get the http://

Re: tabs / was [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-07 Thread Erik Steffl
will trillich wrote: ... > one tab, indent one level. done. (why clutter up your source > code with all those spaces?) and if you really go overboard ... it's very simple. generally you want lot of peole to view and/or edit the source code. as long as you use spaces only, it looks the same every

Re: tabs / was [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-07 Thread D-Man
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:40:36PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | if you really go overboard | overindendinting a really deep algorithm, you can always | redefine tabs to be 3-wide, or 2-wide. don't have to revisit all | those extraneous spaces. http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~adam/computing/why_no_tabs.

Re: tabs / was [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 06:17:46PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > >one tab, indent one level. done. (why clutter up your source >code with all those spaces?) and if you really go overboard >overindendinting a really deep algorithm, you can always >redefine tabs to b

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:06:09PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: | Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >Cameron Matheson wrote on Sat Jun 02, 2001 at 03:45:30PM: | >> 2. How do I set the tab-spacing? I like to code w/ two-space tab-stops, | >> but vim defaults to 8 :( | > | >set tabstop=2 |

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Cameron Matheson wrote on Sat Jun 02, 2001 at 03:45:30PM: >> 2. How do I set the tab-spacing? I like to code w/ two-space tab-stops, >> but vim defaults to 8 :( > >set tabstop=2 >set expandtabs > >this expands tabs (which is a good idea IMHO) and sets s

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread deb-user
Am 03. Jun, 2001 schwäzte Matthias Richter so: > " if vim was compiled with +syntax enable syntax hightlighting by default > if has("syntax") > syntax on set background=dark " if you're using black backgrounds as now seems to " be standard with debian > endif cia

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread Matthias Richter
Cameron Matheson wrote on Sat Jun 02, 2001 at 03:45:30PM: > 1. How do I enable c/c++ mode? My friend's computer automatically puts > parenthesis where they're supposed to go, highlights syntax, etc. in your .vimrc enter / uncomment: " set indent to c indent if editing c-files augroup C aut

[OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-02 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I've decided to start using vim for small coding projects, because emacs (although excellent) uses a lot of RAM, and is slow to load. Anyway I have a few very basic questions about vim: 1. How do I enable c/c++ mode? My friend's computer automatically puts parenthesis where they're suppose