How to change default indent in macvim?

Question

I am learning to configure the macvim.

Now my tab indent is 4 character, I want to change it to 2. What should I add to the macvim configure file?

Is there any beginner guide for me to learn configure mac vim?

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '11 at 05:18

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Open your $HOME/.vimrc file in MacVim,

:edit $MYVIMRC

write the following lines,

set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2

and save.

:wq

answered Feb 24 '11 at 05:18

Kazuki Sakamoto

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Thanks for your quick answer @Kazuki,is any good tuts for more information about setting up the vimrc file? – mko Feb 24 '11 at 06:17
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How about this? http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/text_editing/vim.html Also :help is very helpful. – Kazuki Sakamoto Feb 24 '11 at 06:42
Thanks for the link you posted here – mko Feb 26 '11 at 04:47
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This doesn't work for me. It affects vi in the terminal, but macvim still uses tabs. – Peter Hall Dec 10 '12 at 23:14
Have you checked your setting on MacVim using the following commands? :verbose set tabstop? :verbose set shiftwidth? – Kazuki Sakamoto Dec 11 '12 at 00:53
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It may be worth noting that I also had to set `softtabstop=2` for MacVim to soft-tab correctly. – Jordan Thornquest Apr 19 '13 at 17:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '13 at 15:27

As Kazuki Sakamoto said above, you need to edit your $HOME/.vimrc file. What you also need to do is make sure that your $HOME/.gvimrc file has these same settings. I use the janus setup with macvim and the only way I could get it to work was to add those lines to that file as well. Having them in both files should ensure that whether you're using vim in the terminal or macvim, the tab settings will be the same.

How to change default indent in macvim?

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