Spf13 VIM tab indentation

Question

I'm trying to set the intendation for Spf13 VIM to tabs. According to the docs this should be done in ~/.vimrc.local. I've created that file and put the following content there:

set noexpandtab
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4

I also tried deleting all the files in ~/.vimviews/. But it doesn't work. It still uses spaces instead of tabs.

It's probably set by a filetype plugin. Check `:verbose set et?` where this got set. — Ingo Karkat, Dec 10 '14 at 15:41
Yeah that worked. Thank you. Post it as an answer and I will accept. — dan-klasson, Dec 10 '14 at 15:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '14 at 16:19

Filetype plugins (from $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/ or ~/.vim/ftplugin) are executed (when you have :filetype plugin on, a common setting), and some of those override the global indent settings. You can check and find the culprit via

:verbose set et?

To override the ftplugin's settings, you can put corresponding antidote :setlocal noexpandtab in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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It seems like something very similar to this question I’ve answer a moment ago… vim's tab length is different for .py files.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Dec 10 '14 at 15:47

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It's different than mine. Not the same path as the output of @Ingo Karkat command was. – dan-klasson Dec 10 '14 at 15:51
Aren’t your settings overridden by `$VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/python.vim`? – Júda Ronén Dec 10 '14 at 15:57
So great; that’s what matters… ☺ – Júda Ronén Dec 10 '14 at 16:02

Spf13 VIM tab indentation

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