Peng Yu wrote: > On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 5:36:44 PM UTC-5, ZyX wrote: > > 2015-08-16 1:27 GMT+03:00 Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have the following modline in a .py file. When I type TAB, two TAB > > > characters are entered into the file. How only let one TAB characters > > > entered? Thanks. > > > > > > # vim: set noexpandtab tabstop=2: > > It seems that shiftwidth is not the problem, as I tried the following modline > yet a TAB key still is two TAB characters. Could you try it and let me know > what is the correct modline? Thanks. > > # vim: set noexpandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2:
You probably have 'softtabstop' set to the wrong value. Note that most people recommend using a tabstop of 8 in Python files, or no tabs at all. Doing otherwise is likely to get you in trouble some day. -- There can't be a crisis today, my schedule is already full. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.