Hello. Look up :help on 'ts' (with the single quotes), 'sts', 'sw' and 'et'.
Basically, you want to :set 'tabstop' to 8, 'shiftwidth' to whatever you like to indent and 'expandtab' to on. This will take care of new code that you write. To convert existing tab-based indents, set 'tabstop' to the actual indent (4, for example), type :retab! to retab the whole thing and then set tabstop back to 8. At least, that's how I play this game :) Hope this help, Salman. > -----Original Message----- > From: shawn bright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:44 PM > To: vimlist > Subject: hello again > > hello again from the newbie. > > i was wondering if there is an option to use spaces instead > of tabs in my indenting and tabbing, especially when in python. > > This wouldn't be an issue, but i have written most of my > stuff in JEdit using soft tabs and now when i mess with one > of the files in vim, i get problems about indentation not being right. > > just wondering. and thanks > > shawn >
