Vim two space indentation

Hi guys,

This has probably been done before but I’ve looked through 5000+ emails
and I’ve not seen a simple solution. I’d like to have two space
indentation for *.rb files or those whose first line begins with
!#/usr/bin/ruby. At the moment vim gives me eight spaces, (or is it a
tab?).

I have the following lines in ~./vimrc

set nocompatible
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
filetype indent on " Enable filetype-specific indenting
filetype on " Enable filetype detection

I also have the following files;
/usr/share/vim/vim63/ftplugin/ruby.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim63/compiler/ruby.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim63/indent/ruby.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim63/syntax/ruby.vim

John M.
MSc (DIC)
07739 171 531

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:23:23PM +0900, John M. wrote:
} Hi guys,
}
} This has probably been done before but I’ve looked through 5000+
emails and I’ve not seen a simple solution. I’d like to have two space
indentation for *.rb files or those whose first line begins with
!#/usr/bin/ruby. At the moment vim gives me eight spaces, (or is it a
tab?).
}
} I have the following lines in ~./vimrc
}
} set nocompatible
} syntax on
} filetype plugin indent on
} filetype indent on " Enable filetype-specific indenting
} filetype on " Enable filetype detection
}
} I also have the following files;
} /usr/share/vim/vim63/ftplugin/ruby.vim
} /usr/share/vim/vim63/compiler/ruby.vim
} /usr/share/vim/vim63/indent/ruby.vim
} /usr/share/vim/vim63/syntax/ruby.vim

I came to vim before the days of ftplugin. Actually, I came to vi first,
and already had filetype-specific configurations set up, so I sort of
ported that to vim when it came along. That said, the config lines you
want
are:

set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab

It looks to me like you want it in either the ftplugin or indent
directory,
but I’m not sure which. I believe the indent directory is intended for
automatic indentation configuration (equivalent to cindent), but again I
am
not sure.

} John M.
–Greg

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:31:09 -0000, Gregory S.
[email protected] wrote:

}
} /usr/share/vim/vim63/syntax/ruby.vim
directory,
but I’m not sure which. I believe the indent directory is intended for
automatic indentation configuration (equivalent to cindent), but again I
am
not sure.

} John M.
–Greg

I just have it in ~/.vimrc, as follows:

set nocompatible
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

Thanks!

I put the folowing line:-
set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab
into /usr/share/vim/vim63/indent/ruby.vim and it works

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:31:09 +0900

Hi,

I use a setting like that in my .vimrc file.

if has(“autocmd”)

augroup ruby
au BufReadPre,FileReadPre set kp=ri sw=2 ts=2 expandtab
augroup END

endif

With some more settings for Python, Perl and so on. And I would also
suggest to active autoindent and smartindent. :slight_smile:

Best regards,
Oliver

John M. wrote:

Hi guys,

This has probably been done before but I’ve looked through 5000+ emails and I’ve not seen a simple solution. I’d like to have two space indentation for *.rb files or those whose first line begins with !#/usr/bin/ruby. At the moment vim gives me eight spaces, (or is it a tab?).
[…]

The best answer is to create a file ~/.vim/ftplugin/ruby.vim with the
following

set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et

Regards,
Gavin

Hi,

“Gavin S.” [email protected] writes:

John M. wrote:

Hi guys,

This has probably been done before but I’ve looked through 5000+ emails and I’ve not seen a simple solution. I’d like to have two space indentation for *.rb files or those whose first line begins with !#/usr/bin/ruby. At the moment vim gives me eight spaces, (or is it a tab?).
[…]

The best answer is to create a file ~/.vim/ftplugin/ruby.vim with the
following

set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et

In this case, it might be better to use setlocal instead of set.