vim configuration help

[Gerhard Haering]

Karl Scalet wrote:
> Hi Randall,
> 
> Randall Smith wrote:
> 
>> I'm learning Python and I've been looking for a good IDE to use with 
>> it.    I haven't found an IDE that has text editing capabilities close 
>> to Vim/Emacs. [...]
>> I have no idea how to configure Vim.  I'm a total newbie.  Can someone 
>> please help me get started.  I'm looking to configure Vim for Python. 
>> Autoindenting and 4 space tabs are high priority now.
> 
> looking in my vimrc file:
> 
> set autoindent
> set tabstop=4
> set shiftwidth=4
> set expandtab
> 
> could give you a start

No, no, no! That's evil!

Tabs are 8 characters wide. Period. So you want something like this instead:

" Tabulator policy:
" - Show existing tabs as 8 spaces
" - Tab key/autoindent/reindent insert 4 spaces
set ts=8 sw=4 smarttab
set expandtab

The full glory of my .vimrc is attached ;-)

-- Gerhard
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