set nocompatible source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim behave xterm set autoindent set cindent colorscheme elflord set et set ts=2 set sw=2
It's not hard to do in Vim!! :) And I'm a HUGE space proponent... I force my lab partners to use spaces over tabs.. because of the very reason palrich mentioned. :) Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:14 AM Subject: Re: TAR_OBJ_CHAR_OFF bug? > You make a valid point, but I still like spaces.. here's why. > There are other people who view the code on my MUD. > I'm not going to tell them where their tabstops should be to get something > readable... if I'm using a 4-column tab and making the lines wrap at 80, > when they get on a default terminal (80 columns and 8-column tabs), it'll > wrap to all hell. > Sure, everyone uses terminals capable of more than 80 columns now, right? > Well, it's still the standard. It's really the minimum that any terminal > should implement. And just like I still check web pages with older versions > of browsers to make sure they're readable, I'd like my code accessible to > the lowest common denominator. > > --Palrich. > > > But any editor worth its salt will let you change tab spacing to fit your > > preferences. You can't do that quite as easy with spaces. > > > > Dennis > > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
