> I updated the modeline to be this: # vim: set filetype=tcl
> shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab:
>
> With the default 'noexpandtab', the indent/tcl.vim script would create
> a mix of tabs and spaces. One level of indentation (shiftwidth()*1)
> would result in four spaces. Two levels of indentation
> (shiftwidth()*2) would result in a tab character (not 8 spaces).
> I use shiftwidth=4, tabstop=4 in my personal .vimrc, so when I would
> view the tcl.ok file using my personal settings, the indentation
> appeared incorrect due to mixing tabs and spaces.
That is why I tell everybody to never change 'tabstop', only eight is a
value that works well. Anything else will caues trouble, sooner or
later.
> I feel like the tcl.ok file should not only match what the test does
> to tcl.in, but it should also appear correct to a human regardless of
> their personal indentation settings. If 'shiftwidth' and 'tabstop'
> are unequal, then 'expandtab' should be used.
>
> I'm reattaching updated tcl.in and tcl.ok files.
Thanks. I found it didn't work correctly. And that was caused by the
Makefile not picking up the latest changes in the xml indent script.
I'll make a patch for indent/Makefile.
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