On Mon, 2010-06-07, Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2010-06-07, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Does anyone knows a way to configure vim so it automatically >> select to correct expandtab value depending on the current >> buffer 'way of doing' ? I need to edit different files, some >> are using spaces, others tabs. Those belong to different >> projects, and changing all spaces to tabs is not an option for >> me. >> >> I can't make vim automatically comply with the current buffer >> coding style, anyone knows if it is possible ? > > :h filetypes will get you started on the right path. It'll be up > to you to program the recognition logic. Do you have a heuristic > in mind? > > You will be better off converting tabbed files to be tabless, > which is pretty easy in vim.
But as he wrote, that is not an option. And I can believe that -- if you are many programmers, working in parallel on some fairly big and mature project, the *last* thing you want is someone coming in and reindenting everything. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . . \X/ snipabacken.se> O o . -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
