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From: jerry@Kesa.COM (Jerry E. Dunmire)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Question on tab stops in vi
Summary: How can I get 4 space indents without changing tab stops?
Keywords: vi tabs
Message-ID: <1991May09.190644.13627@Kesa.COM>
Date: 9 May 91 19:06:44 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Kesa Corporation
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Is there a way, short of changing editors, to deal with the
following problem?

   Is there a way to get a 4 space indent in vi without changing tab stops?

   I've tried re-mapping the tab key, but without any luck.

Background:
   We have a corporate style the calls for indenting blocks in 4 space
	increments.  In older-simpler days, we set the tabstops in vi to 4,
	the hardtabs to 8, and used pr -e4 whenever we printed.  But in
	today's environment things aren't so simple.  There are such a
	wide variety of tools that we use, under both UNIX and MS-DOS,
	that specifying tab stops for each tool is a burden.  In addition,
	many of the tools do not even support adjustable tab stops.

Thanks in advance for you help.
-- 
Jerry E. Dunmire                      Kesa Corporation
net: jerry@kesa.com                   4701 Patrick Henry Dr. - Suite 1801
att: (408) 748-1814                   Santa Clara, CA 95054  USA