Ben, On the second system in which I tried this I downloaded the Vim 7.2 installer from www.vim.org so I assume that it is as recent as it gets.
Cheers, Didly Ben Fritz wrote: > > > > On Apr 27, 11:29 am, Didlybom <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have tried using different combinations of the autoindent, smartindent >> and >> cindent settings. After going through these forums I have also made sure >> that the "syntax", "filetype", "filetype indent" and "filetype plugin >> indent" are set to on. Still, it does not work. Also, if I do "set >> syntax?" >> I get "matlab" for matlab files and "vhdl" for vhdl files which is >> correct. >> And if I do "set indentexpr?" I get "GetMatlabIndent(v:lnum)" for matlab >> files and "GetVHDLindent()" for vhdl files. >> > > I know filetype indent plugins *should* override these options, but in > general you should NOT set cindent in your .vimrc, you should rely on > the filetype indent rules to set it for you. You should also not have > smartindent on in combination with any other indent option. I would > say you should not have smartindent on at all...but I know there are a > few people who actually prefer the behavior of this option. > Regardless, it's supposed to work *instead* of, not in addition to, > filetype indent rules. > > Your indentexpr values indicate the correct rules are being applied, > but make sure cindent, smartindent, and possibly even autoindent are > all turned off as well. Also check that 'equalprg' is empty. > > Other than that, it may be an error in your indent scripts (though > this is unlikely). Are your runtime files fairly recent? > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > Subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/subscribe?hl=en > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-fix-broken-automatic-indentation-in-vim-tp28379120p28386632.html Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
