Hi,

You can see my .vimrc content here - 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_use/zy2yUzWsD9U

I am not using *tab* for indentation, rather 2 space indentation. Could you 
tell me what to change in my .vimrc file ?


> If tabs are used, not just an amorphous pile of spaces, then indentation
> 
> information exists in the file. Then, as partially described in
> 
> ":h listchars", we can:
> 
> 
> 
> :set tabstop=2 sw=2 noexpandtab
> 
> :set listchars+=tab:>-
> 
> :set list
> 
> 
> 
> so that:
> 
> 
> 
>       class Foo
> 
>               def foo
> 
>                               x = 10
> 
>                                y = 12
> 
>               end
> 
>       end
> 
> 
> 
> gains a blue ">-" for each tab present. Visually scanning the columns of
> 
> ">" is much quicker than counting dots. Changing the listchars to tab:!-
> 
> makes that even easier, I find. (Attempting tab:|- generates an error.)
> 
> 
> 
> If you have autoindent enabled, you will also see those ">-" appear.
> 
> 
> 
> To turn off the indication:
> 
> 
> 
> :set nolist
> 
> 
> 
> It may be convenient to map these on and off operations to e.g. F1,F2.
> 
> 
> 
> Is that close enough?
> 
> 
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
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> the
> 
> government. The government has done itself a tremendous disservice and we need
> 
> to have a debate about it, - Larry Page, at TED, where Edward Snowden 
> appeared.
> 
> <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26658892>

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