problem with Makefile separator

Hi All

I recently changed my vim config file. Now when I hit tab it will produce 4 spaces.

But now I get a problem with Makefiles, it really seem to need a tab character (\t doesn't work)

Is there anyway I can keep my vim configuration an work with Makefiles without the tab character ?

Or is there a way to start vim without reading .vimrc or can I somehow tell vi to restore the tab for the current session... ?

Thx a lot
LuCa

Yes, Make is picky.

Anyway, this is a tech issue about vim configuration and should be in the tech board.

Moved

I have my system setup to do just that. Here's the .vimrc from my home directory:

Code:

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" .vimrc
" Last updated August 14, 2005 by jdeckard
set shiftwidth=3
set shiftround
set expandtab
set noautoindent
set nocindent

" Enable file type detection
filetype on

---

I'm guessing you'll want to set shiftwidth to four. Vim's file type detection knows to use spaces for .c files and hard tabs for Makefiles. If you feel the need to change the default behavior any further, take a look at $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim and $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/lpc.vim.

thnx.

however it doesn't seem to work, I don't get tabs when I'm working on a Makefile
This is what I have so far:

Code:

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set expandtab
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=4
set shiftround
set noautoindent
set nocindent

" The opposite is 'set wrapscan' while searching for strings....
set nowrapscan

" Source in your custom filetypes as given below -
so $HOME/.vim/myfiletypes.vim
" turn on syntax highlighting
syntax on

highlight Normal guibg=Black

" enable command line history
set history=100

" Enable file type detection
filetype on

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Any suggestions why it doesn't work ?
Is there a way to check vi's assumptions (also usefull with color-highligting) ?

LuCa

Code:

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" Source in your custom filetypes as given below -
so $HOME/.vim/myfiletypes.vim

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That looks suspicious. Could it be overriding the vim defaults? Also, try :help from within vim. If that doesn't work, let me know what version you're running.

I actually never used the :help function, but I must admit it is usefull!
Anyway, when I added

Code:

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filetype plugin indent on

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it worked!!

Thanks a lot
LuCa