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vdrummer

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Registered: 2013-10-16

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[SOLVED] vim - Override indentation based on file type

Today I noticed that vim is using tabs of width 4 instead of 2 spaces (as they are specified in my /etc/vimrc) when editing python files.
I tried to override this behavior by disabling plugins, adding "filetype off" to my /etc/vimrc, removing /etc/vimrc completely and setting tabstop, shiftwidth and expandtab inside vim while editing a python file but neither of them worked.

I don't have any ~/.vimrc or ~/.vim/vimrc which could have overridden /etc/vimrc.

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug  2 2016 05:21:06)
Included patches: 1-2143
[...]

How can I override this per-file-type indentation, so that the settings in my /etc/vimrc are used regardless of the file type?

Thank you in advance for any hints.
-vdrummer

PS: I'm using the gvim package

Last edited by vdrummer (2016-09-12 09:01:48)

AbaddonOrmuz

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Re: [SOLVED] vim - Override indentation based on file type

You can create a file type plugin (ftplugin) in one of the following directories:

• ~/.vim/ftplugin

• /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin

For example, my ruby ftplugin.

/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ruby.vim

" Vim filetype plugin file
" Language: ruby
" Last change: 2014-05-02

set tabstop=2
set softtabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

See :help ftplugins to read how to create these files.

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vdrummer

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Registered: 2013-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] vim - Override indentation based on file type

@AbaddonOrmuz
Thank you, I will keep that in mind for when I want to make some language-specific settings. Actually I like the new behavior, except for the tab size, so I might do just that.

After updating vim today and merging the new

" do not load defaults if ~/.vimrc is missing
let skip_defaults_vim=1

into my /etc/vimrc, I was able to get my old behavior again. So I'll mark this thread as solved.

I'll consider moving my settings to ~/.vimrc though, as it seems to be intended that way.