On 02-Oct-08 20:03, Vladimir A. Pavlov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> A few days ago I wrote the following to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>> I'd like to switch to vim but there is an annoying issue with
>> it that I couldn't solve.
>>
>> When the cursor is at a tab character most editors display
>> the cursor at the beginning of the interval the tab character
>> occupies as follows (_ is the cursor):
>>
>> _ if (a > c) ...
>>
>> Vim does the same in insert or replace mode. But in normal
>> mode the cursor is displayed at the end of the tab character:
>>
>> _if (a > c) ...
>>
>> Is there a way to make vim show the cursor at the beginning
>> of a tab character in normal mode as it does in insert mode?
>>
>> I tried searching in Google but found nothing unfortunatelly :(
>
> Then I got a reply that said it's impossible without vim code
> modification so I decided to find out how to fix that.
>
> I seem to find the solution (the patch is at the end of this
> email) but it is so simple that I can't understand why it hasn't
> been done yet (since I know several people that are irritated by
> this "feature" of vim).
>
> I guess this mailing list is the best place to ask whether I
> miss anything. Here are my questions:
>
> 1. Are there any obvious problems/bugs with the patch itself?
> In other words, does it breaks anything very "basic" so
> that it definitely breaks some basic functionality or
> some plugins?
>
> 2. If there are no problems with it, do you have any wishes to
> apply it to the trunk? (And what the reasons for not doing
> so?)
>
> If so, I would add an option called, say, cursorattabstart
> that will trigger the new behaviour and resend the patch
> here for anyone of you to commit.
>
> --
> Vladimir
When 'list' is set, the cursor stays at the beginning of a <Tab> interval, too.
So you could achieve the same effect with these settings:
':set list listchars=tab:\ \ '
Of course, you would lose the functionality of ':set invlist'; but you can
probably define an alternative command / mapping that now will toggle the
'listchars' option.
-- regards, ingo
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