Python + vim + spaces vs tab

[Robin Becker]

On 09/06/2010 13:06, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
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>> the idea is to switch between using tabs and spaces depending on the
>> original source. If the input is all spaces we switch to tabs
>> internally and then convert on output. If it was tabbed we keep that,
>> if mixed I think it keeps that. This works for me as I often work with
>> long latency connections and prefer tabs to spaces.
>
> Thanks, this is no exactly what I needed, but from your code I managed
> to write something that suits me.
> It basically counts the occurrence of tabs and 4-spaces at the beginning
> of lines, and use the greatest number as criterion for setting tab or
> space mode
> Something usefull is to get also the current mode in the status bar.
>
> Because of my poor knowledge of the vim scripting language I sometimes
> had to switch to python, but I guess it won't bother anyone in this list :)
>
>
> set statusline=%t\ %y\ format:\ %{&ff};\ %{Statusline_expandtab()}\ [%c,%l]
>
> function! Statusline_expandtab()
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I'm not exactly an expert at vim programming either :(

nice idea to show the mode in the status.
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Robin Becker