On Monday, December 29, 2014 1:32:39 PM UTC-6, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I dunno what happened, I'm still using the same .vimrc I have for years, but > lately there's > a glitch when I'm editing a Unix makefile. > > When I start to edit the commands for a rule, it uses spaces instead of a tab > to position > the command. For makefiles, of course, this is wrong. Vim even knows this, > and highlights > the line in red. > > If I add lines after existing commands it gets the indentation right, perhaps > because it copies the indentation of the previous line. > > > > > > > > What should I look for? What should I fix? >
Probably your 'expandtab' option has been set somewhere. You can figure out where using the command ":verbose set expandtab?" Probably, you will need to fix this by creating or adding to an ftplugin file for makefiles, or use a Filetype autocmd event. Either way you'll want to "setlocal noexpandtab" for the makefile filetype. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
