On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:53:20AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have smartindent set, but I'd like VIM to return to the previous > indentation (back four spaces) when } (close block) is pressed. Is > this possible? The terrific Kate (KDE text editor) and even the MS > Visual Studio series have this wonderful feature. > > Thanks. > Dotan Cohen
You shouldn't use 'smartindent'. Instead add the following to your vimrc: filetype plugin indent on This enables smart indenting (and also file plugins) which works much better than 'smartindent'. Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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