Tim Chase wrote:
>> I have a script that set some environment variables using let, like:
>> let $TAB_WIDTH=4
>>
>> Then another script use this environment variable to setup some options in
>> vim, I am trying to use:
>> set tabstop=$TAB_WIDTH
>>     
>
> You can use :let instead, using a setting-variable:
>
>    :let &tabstop=$TAB_WIDTH
>
> which you can read about at
>
>    :help :let-&
>   
As an alternative,

exe "set tabstop=".$TAB_WIDTH

will also set the tabstop with the environment variable value.

Regards,
Chip Campbell


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