[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My issue with tabbing is that since actual source coding starts in > card column 12 and tabs generally occur every 4 columns there after > (16, 20, 24, 28, etc.). The problem is that, since the cursor starts > in column 1 instead of column 0 and assuming a tab width of 4 columns, > pressing the tab key advances the cursor from column 1 to column 5, 9, > 13, 17, 21, 25, etc. > > This tabbing behavior causes me to tab “almost” to where I need to be > then add sufficient individual spaces to get to where I need to be. > Backspacing causes a similar action to be used namely backspacing > (which moves back an amount equivalent to a tab width) then once again > adding sufficient individual spaces to get to where I need to be. It > would seem that if the tab action was 0-relative instead of 1 the > tabbing activity would result in cursor arriving at the desired column > without additional space characters. > > Question 1: > How do I change the cobol.vim file to start tabbing from a 0-relative > position instead of the current 1-relative location?
Yuck. That's horrible. I don't think you can easily do it with standard Vim. You could write a bunch of maps/functions to implement it, I think. But easier would be to dig up Matthew Winn's variable tabstops patch which was posted to vim_dev a while back and use it to do what you want. Make the first tabstop 11 spaces and then 4 spaces after that (or 7 or 3 and then 4, I suppose; whatever works best). :set vts=11,4 The patch is here, and a useful helper function for automatically setting variable tabstops based on tabular data. http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/039495cd5b0f4fd0 http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/2d10cc523c98ded7 To use the patch you need to compile Vim yourself, though, of course. Still, it's well worth it. It's a great patch, and I've had no problems with it (all my Vims--and I have two or three of them--are compiled with the patch, and get pretty heavy use). Note to whoever maintains the Vim patches page: it currently links to an older version of the variable tabstop patch. The most recent one and the AutoTabs command/function that goes with it are at the links above. Could the page be updated, please? Cheers, Ben. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
