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Replace tabs with spaces in vim

I would like to convert tab to spaces in gVim. I added the following line to my _vimrc:

set tabstop=2

It works to stop at two spaces but it still looks like one tab key is inserted (I tried to use the h key to count spaces afterwards).

I'm not sure what should I do to make gVim convert tabs to spaces?

Solution

  • IIRC, something like:

    set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab

    should do the trick. If you already have tabs, then follow it up with a nice global RE to replace them with double spaces.

    If you already have tabs you want to replace,

    :retab