Re: how to avoid deleting the auto-indent in a new empty line when i press

[sun]

If you type an arbitrary character, then delete it immediately, does the extra
whitespace stay in place when you move the cursor away?

yes, the spaces remain.

If it does, you may
resort to adding a placeholder comment, like:

function MyFunc()
       {
               /* TODO: code needed here */
       };

you mean just add several character using a quick-key map? but then
everytime i type the code before "/* TODO: code needed here */", i
have to delete it.
can i change the default behavior of vim not to delete the indent?