On 2007-03-07, Alexei Alexandrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I was hesitating where to post this message to: editors.vim or
> editor.vim.devel, since I'm not sure if it's bug or I'm just
> missing something. Finally I decided to treat this as a bug.
>
> Problem: I can't get copyindent/preserveindent options working.
>
> The scenario to reproduce:
>
> $ gvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin
>
> Then, go to insert mode (i), type a Tab (C-V, C-I), type hello. Go
> back to normal mode.
> Do: set preserveindent copyindent autoindent expandtab
> Go to insert mode again and add a new line after the existing one.
>
> The new line will be indented with spaces, while it is expected
> that the tab from the previous line will be copied.
>From ":help preserveindent":
Normally the indent is replaced by a series of tabs followed by
spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled, in which
case only spaces are used).
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mobile Broadband Division
| Spokane, Washington, USA
