Set Tab in VIM

In vim, you can easily set tabs or spaces based on different file types, and set the length to be flexible.

First, let's take a look at how to set the tab width and determine whether to use a tab or space to represent an indent:

Set Tabstop=4
Set Softtabstop=4
Set Shiftwidth=4
Set Noexpandtab / Expandtab

WhereTabstopThe length of spaces displayed on a tab. The default value is 8.

SofttabstopIndicates that the length of the indent is returned when you press the backspace key in the editing mode.ExpandtabIs particularly useful.

ShiftwidthIndicates the length of each level of indentation, which is generally setSofttabstopSame.

When setExpandtabThe indentation is represented by spaces,NoexpandtabA tab is used to represent an indent.