Hey Mark, Try www.linuxbrit.co.uk for some good settings for lots of programs, including C.
-rohan * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Earlier I set my tabstop to 4 to give me some more screen room in my C > program .c files. The problem is that when I print out the source code > (eg. for a Uni assignment) or when someone else edits it, the tabstops > are by default 8 spaces. > > What is the best way to deal with this? > > What I have currently in my /etc/vimrc is the following: > """""""""""""""""""" C programming stuff """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > syntax on "syntax highlighting > "set tabstop=4 (default is 8) > set softtabstop=4 > set shiftwidth=4 > set pastetoggle=<F4> > > So you can see that I have commented out the previous tabstop setting of > 4 so that the default is now active, but have added the softtabstop=4 > option and left shiftwidth=4. > > I think that this adds 4 spaces when you press tab. And if an automatic > indentation occurs (while writing c source code), it will add 4 spaces > if the indentation is less than 8 spaces from the side or a combination > of tabs and spaces if the indentation is more than 8 spaces from the > side. > > Is this correct? If not how do you do it properly? > > How do all you guys do it? Basically, I just want my source code, to look > to everyone else, as it looks to me, when they edit it, or I print it out. > But I want to be able to use more of the screen by using tabspaces of 4. > > Thanks for the help. > > Regards. > Mark. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
