Re: vim expandtab

2000-09-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:36:12AM -0700, Parrish M Myers wrote: > Hi, > > I installed vim on my potato box. It seems to be a great vi > replacement. But, is there any way to make vim to insert spaces when > the tab button is presses. I think I have to set the expandtab setting > by the command

Re: vim expandtab

2000-09-20 Thread William Jensen
I like my tabs to insert 3 spaces so I use: set softtabstop=3 Luck, Bill On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:36:12AM -0700, Parrish M Myers wrote: > Hi, > > I installed vim on my potato box. It seems to be a great vi > replacement. But, is there any way to make vim to insert spaces when > the tab but

vim expandtab

2000-09-20 Thread Parrish M Myers
Hi, I installed vim on my potato box. It seems to be a great vi replacement. But, is there any way to make vim to insert spaces when the tab button is presses. I think I have to set the expandtab setting by the command: :set et But this doesn't seem to always work. Most notably when I use th