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How do I turn off auto-indent in Vim?
vim” in ‘runtimepath’. This disables auto-indenting for files you will open. It will keep working in already opened files. Reset ‘autoindent’, ‘cindent’, ‘smartindent’ and/or ‘indentexpr’ to disable indenting in an opened file.
How do I stop auto-indent?
Here’s how to turn it off in Word 2010:
- Click on the File tab, then on Options.
- Click on Proofing, then on AutoCorrect Options…
- Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
- Uncheck Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces. OK out.
How do I turn on auto-indent in Vim?
To automatically indent lines using the vi editor, set the autoindent flag:
- If you are currently in insert or append mode, press Esc .
- Press : (the colon). The cursor should reappear at the lower left corner of the screen beside a colon prompt.
- Enter the following command: set autoindent.
How to change the tab size in Vim?
If anyone is interested in permanently changing the tab settings: 1 find/open your .vimrc – instructions here 2 add the following lines: ( more info here) set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab 3 then save file and test
How to stop Vim automatically inserting a…?
If you simply want to disable auto-indent system wise, for every file type (basically, disable the auto-indent feature completely), you can do the following: IMPORTANT NOTE: Modifying system files is not recommended. It can have unexpected side effect. Also, the modification is likely to be overwritten on the next vim update.
What’s the best way to set up Vim?
To make a fully educated decision as to how to set things up, you’ll need to read Vim docs on tabstop, shiftwidth, softtabstop and expandtab. The most interesting bit is found under expandtab ( :help ‘expandtab ):
How to indent as spaces instead of Tab?
When this option is set, spaces are always used. You can put set expandtab in your vimrc to always have this option set when vim starts. If you want to only enable this option for specific languages, see this question.