Hi Gary Johnson, you wrote: > > From ":help preserveindent": > > Normally the indent is replaced by a series of tabs followed by > spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled, in which > case only spaces are used). >
I believe this sentence is about how VIM operates when preserveindent/copyindent is NOT set. You should also have quoted the next one: Enabling this option means the indent will preserve as many existing characters as possible for indenting, and only add additional tabs or spaces as required. -- Alexei Alexandrov
