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From: steve@umigw.MIAMI.EDU (steve emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Vi and tabs (RTFM?)
Summary: use expand(1)
Keywords: vi tabs rtfm
Message-ID: <322@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 21 Jun 89 13:34:23 GMT
References: <11316@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Reply-To: steve@umigw.miami.edu (steve emmerson)
Organization: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
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In article <11316@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe@nucthy.PHYSICS.ORST.EDU 
(Guangliang He) writes [refering to ":se ai ts=90" in .exrc]:
>
>It is really painful when you
>are editting a old file with tabs in it. Does any one have a better way to 
>solve the tab problem ???

Use tabs, then run the file through expand(1).  Map it to a vi macro if you
want.
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