Re: [OT(?)] Ubuntu 18 vim now defaults to 4-space tabs

2019-09-10 Thread Tobiah
Since it does not appear to have "filetype=python" in there, maybe I should have specified "Run vim with a .py filename". Yes, that was a bit that took me a while to figure out! So I used your trick and did: :verbose set shiftwidth? and it revealed: cd /usr/share/vim/vim80/ftplugin A

Re: [OT(?)] Ubuntu 18 vim now defaults to 4-space tabs

2019-09-10 Thread Eli the Bearded
In comp.lang.python, Tobiah wrote: >> Your subject missed a critical word: vim. > It's there! I added it. > > Run vim. Then ':set' to see what's set different than default. Then, > > if it is tabstop you want to know about, ':verbose set tabstop?' will > > tell you where that setting was last a

Re: [OT(?)] Ubuntu 18 vim now defaults to 4-space tabs

2019-09-10 Thread Tobiah
Your subject missed a critical word: vim. It's there! Run vim. Then ':set' to see what's set different than default. Then, if it is tabstop you want to know about, ':verbose set tabstop?' will tell you where that setting was last altered. Nothing that seems to point to space indent: backg

Re: [OT(?)] Ubuntu 18 vim now defaults to 4-space tabs

2019-09-09 Thread Eli the Bearded
In comp.lang.python, Tobiah wrote: > We upgraded a server to 18.04 and now when I start typing Your subject missed a critical word: vim. There are a lot of editors in Ubuntu, and probably they don't all do that. > This is more of a vim question perhaps, but I'm already > subscribed here and I f