I seem to remember using variable tabstops at one point - but it might
have been an older (~20-25 years ago), that I used for a while, not sure.

I seem to remember being able to something along the lines of
: vim:ts=17,34,51,55
   or
# vim:sts=17,34,51,55[:et]

I'm phrasing it as a modeline, since that would only make sense -- as
it would be a 'file-specific setting'.

Where tabs are set to the above columns, with the difference in the last
two numbers taken as the 'tab-repeat' stop for any tabs above 55
(so 59, 63, 67...)

'cept I can't figure out how to get vim to accept such a line or encoding.
Is there a special flag to set vim for file-specific columns?

Thanks!
-linda

(just wanted to add a modeline at the bottom of an 'fstab' so I'd stop
messing up the system-formatted tabulation columns.  Some of these
pre-formatted sys-config files have their own idea of "proper" columns --
must be historical or something).

# vim:et:sts=21,42,53,75,77


Also, ur, well... Will ask in a separate email a 2nd Q that's 'bugged' me.
:-)


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