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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: mapping TAB to spaces in Vi
Keywords: Vi, mapping TAB character
Message-ID: <2812@fireball.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 28 Jun 89 20:51:05 GMT
References: <363@ai.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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meyering@cs.utexas.edu (Jim Meyering) writes:
\In Vi's input mode, is it possible to map the TAB
\character to a string of space characters?

	:map! ^V^V^I ^V^V<spaces>

To unmap:

	:unmap! ^V^V^V^I

To remap:

	:map! ^V^V^V^I foobar
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