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DetectIndent : Automatically detect indent (expandtab, shiftwidth, tabstop) settings
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created by
Ciaran McCreesh
script type
utility
description
This script provides a command which will attempt to guess the correct indent settings for an open file, for use when there is no modeline available. Note that this is a pure vim implementation, and doesn't require any external applications or interpreters. Usage: :DetectIndent May also be used in an autocommand, for example: :autocmd BufReadPost * :DetectIndent Options: To prefer 'expandtab' to 'noexpandtab' when no detection is possible: :let g:detectindent_preferred_expandtab = 1 To specify a preferred indent level when no detection is possible: :let g:detectindent_preferred_indent = 4 Notes: Detection is by no means perfect. It won't work if files use especially perverse combinations of spaces and tabs, or weird tab widths. Bug reports and patches encouraged... Keeping things up to date on vim.org is a nuisance. For the latest version, visit: http://github.com/ciaranm/detectindent
install details
Place in ~/.vim/plugin/ and ~/.vim/doc/
script versions (upload new version) Click on the package to download.
package | script version | date | Vim version | user | release notes
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detectindent-1.0.tar.bz2 | 1.0 | 2005-01-03 | 6.0 | Ciaran McCreesh | Initial upload

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