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Vim - indent with spaces in Python

I've been using Vim for a while heard people saying indent with spaces is a better practice when programming in Python so I configured my .vimrc as below:

au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py,*.java,*.cpp,*.c,*.h,*.md,*.html,*.css,*.js
    \ set expandtab |
    \ set tabstop=4 |
    \ set softtabstop=4 |
    \ set shiftwidth=4 |
    \ set textwidth=120 |
    \ set autoindent |
    \ set fileformat=unix |

Everything works well so far. But I noticed unlike other editors for example vscode or sublime. Vim does not keep the indent in a line gap between code.

The cursor will indent itself when I hit enter but if I leave that line blank when I return to that line the cursor will appear at the beginning of the line.

Here is an example (@ as cursor):

Class RandomClass:
    code... # 1) hit <enter> and change line
    @ # 2) cursor will appear in here. auto indented. good 3) now hit <enter> again and leave this as a line gap
    code... # 4) code something and 5) return back to the line gap

    # 6) now the cursor '@' would appear at the beginning of the line without indentation

Is this what it suppose to be?

Solution

  • Is this what it suppose to be?

    Yes, if there is no code on the line, then there is no need to indent it.