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From: kpicott@alias.UUCP (Socrates)
Subject: Re: Question on tab stops in vi (how to map tab to ^V)
Message-ID: <1991May27.133813.8081@alias.com>
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Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 13:38:13 GMT

In <1991May24.163037.24150@unipalm.uucp> ian@unipalm.uucp (Ian Phillipps) writes:
>>Then, when entering your input, instead of hitting "tab", you hit
>>Control-T (^T).
>>No, I'm sorry, you can _not_ map the "tab" into ^T.  I've tried, and it 
>>won't work.
>Yes you can! You need a few extra Ctrl-Vs. Type in
>:map! ^V^V^V^I ^V^T

Yes this works except that you lose the visual feedback of the line shifting
right when you insert a "tab" into the middle of a line.  I suppose you
could use >> for the beginning of a line but it's always annoying to have
what you see on the screen be different from what exists in reality.