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Old 11-26-2013
Vimrc creating tabs instead of spaces
I'm having trouble getting my vimrc to work the way I want it. For some reason after I hit enter it is creating tabs instead of spaces like I would expect. Here is an example of what I am talking about. $ = newline, ^I = tab. On the line of struct EDGETAG* q; I hit enter and it created a tab instead of my spaces. I thought set tabstop=4 and set shiftwidth=4 does what I want.

Code:
typedef struct$
{$
    char c;$ 
    bool isvisited;$
    Edge* p;$ 
}VERTEX;$
$
typedef struct EDGETAG$
{$
    VERTEX;$
    struct EDGETAG* q;$ 
^I//I like cookies$
}EDGE;$

Here is what my vimrc looks like.

Code:
set nocompatible
set autoindent
set smartindent
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set showmatch
set vb t_vb=
set ruler
set nohls
set incsearch
set virtualedit=all
set number
set cmdheight=2
set background=dark
"set list
"This command uses unix mode
set ff=unix

"This command uses dos mode
"set ff=dos

# 2  
Old 11-26-2013
Hitting enter doesn't add anything to your file unless you're in insert mode. If you added the line:
Code:
    struct EDGETAG* q;

and followed that with a carriage return, autoindent (with tabstop=4 will insert a tab for every 4 column positions at the start of the next line). If you don't want insert mode to indent automatically, use:
Code:
:set noautoindent

to turn off autoindent.
# 3  
Old 11-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
Hitting enter doesn't add anything to your file unless you're in insert mode. If you added the line:
Code:
    struct EDGETAG* q;

and followed that with a carriage return, autoindent (with tabstop=4 will insert a tab for every 4 column positions at the start of the next line). If you don't want insert mode to indent automatically, use:
Code:
:set noautoindent

to turn off autoindent.
I know vim/vi doesn't add anything unless you are in insert mode. I was trying to give an example of what happened. I added the line:

Code:
struct EDGETAG* q;

I hit enter. It created a tab as the ^I shows. I don't want it to create tabs. I want it to create 4 spaces as I thought set tabstop=4 and set shiftwidth=4 does.
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