Hi "7stud", > Alternatively, what is a smarttab?
in VIM type :help smarttab and you'll see the following: 'smarttab' 'sta' boolean (default off) global {not in Vi} When on, a <Tab> in front of a line inserts blanks according to 'shiftwidth'. 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop' is used in other places. A <BS> will delete a 'shiftwidth' worth of space at the start of the line. When off, a <Tab> always inserts blanks according to 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop'. 'shiftwidth' is only used for shifting text left or right |shift-left-right|. What gets inserted (a Tab or spaces) depends on the 'expandtab' option. Also see |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the number of spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s. NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set. If you'd like to use VIM for Python make sure you have the following settings for the best result: http://www.vex.net/~x/python_and_vim.html Marco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list