On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 3:20:32 PM UTC-6, Bradley Bell wrote: > I have the following two lines in my .vimrc: > :set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab > set modeline > > On the first line of a file called automake.am, I have > # vim: set noexpandtab: > > When I open automake.am and enter a tab I spaces instead of tabs. > > How do I set noexpandtab for automake.am automatically, so I do > not forget to enter it every time I edit that file ?
Is your 'modeline' option set? Some Linux distros disable modelines in a system vimrc, for security reasons. If 'modeline' is not turned on, then your method will not work. -- -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
