dwolfe@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Dave Wolfe) (05/24/91)
In <163509@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes: >*MY* problem is that vi automagically replaces every 8 spaces with a >_real_ hardtab (^I), which, at least for posting to the net, I'd like >to be able to turn off. So far, if I use indents for anything, I >double-check at the end with (:%s/^I/ /g). >Does anybody know how to turn _this_ "feature" off? You can set "tabstop" to some value larger than any number of contiguous spaces you'd expect (like 80) so that the criteria for tab substitution won't occur. Note that if you do type in a tab you get 80 "spaces" displayed; also if an existing file you're editing has tabs. I find that it usually isn't worth the risk. -- Dave Wolfe (dwolfe@oakhill.sps.mot.com) | Motorola Incorporated "[RISC is] like obscenity, | MMTG (formerly MPG) we all know what RISC is when we see it, | Austin, Texas 78735-8598 but no one can define it." Chris Torek | m/d OE112 (512)891-3246