Hi, I don�t know how you can do that with emacs, since I only use vi...
You can add the following lines to /etc/vimrc or /.vimrc: set tabstop=4 If you don't want vi to expand your tabs into spaces, you can also add this: set noexpandtab I hope this works! Best regards, Rodolpho Eckhardt S�o Paulo - Brazil > Hi, Listmembers! > > This is about configuring the vi editor. > > I'd like to change the default TabStop (currently 8 whitespaces) to 4 whitespaces > (which will > better suit my needs (at least, I think so)). I found out: > > :ret4 > > will do so for one vi-session but for reasons of convenience I'm looking for a > permanent setting. > > Any hints? > > Thank you, > Matthias > Frankfurt am Main > > ooh. B.T.W. don't want to be to inquisitive but... how to do the same with emacs? >tnx. > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > Bitte l�cheln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body >of > a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the >FAQ > at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- Rodolpho H. O. Eckhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cel: 11 9126-9107 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
