Re: How to display and copy tabs as tabs in GTK env?

Den tors 24 okt. 2024 22:07Taka <[email protected]> skrev:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm using the Gnome Terminal with Debian vim-gtk3-9.1.777 (full --version
> below), but when I display a file containing tab characters with *more*,
> for example, it'll print the tab characters on the screen and I can select
> them with the normal click+drag of my mouse, which will select blocks 8
> spaces wide.  Likewise, ^⇧C will copy tab characters to the Gnome
> clipboard and ^⇧V will paste them in the terminal or ^V will paste them
> in any other gtk app.
>
> However, *vim*  will print the tabs as spaces, even though settings like
> *listchars* clearly show a tab is there.  Likewise, the mouse selects
> individual space characters and ^⇧C/^⇧V will copy/paste spaces, or the
> actual characters printed by *listchars* if defined.
>
> How do I get *vim* to behave more like... well, *more* in this respect?
>

:setlocal noexpandttab↲

aka

:setl noet

and perhaps

:list

:nolist

to disable as you probably don't want it on all the time

HTH,

/bpj


> Thanks, Best Regards.
>
> $ cat ~/.vimrc
> " tried various settings, but currently have:
> set autoindent smartindent
> set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4
> set noexpandtab smarttab
>
> $ vim --version
> VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Oct 15 2024 01:45:11)
> Included patches: 1-777
> Modified by [email protected]
> Compiled by [email protected]
> Huge version with GTK3 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> +acl               +file_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       -tag_any_white
> +arabic            +find_in_path      +mouse_xterm       +tcl
> +autocmd           +float             +multi_byte        +termguicolors
> +autochdir         +folding           +multi_lang        +terminal
> -autoservername    -footer            -mzscheme          +terminfo
> +balloon_eval      +fork()            +netbeans_intg     +termresponse
> +balloon_eval_term +gettext           +num64             +textobjects
> +browse            -hangul_input      +packages          +textprop
> ++builtin_terms    +iconv             +path_extra        +timers
> +byte_offset       +insert_expand     +perl              +title
> +channel           +ipv6              +persistent_undo   +toolbar
> +cindent           +job               +popupwin          +user_commands
> +clientserver      +jumplist          +postscript        +vartabs
> +clipboard         +keymap            +printer           +vertsplit
> +cmdline_compl     +lambda            +profile           +vim9script
> +cmdline_hist      +langmap           -python            +viminfo
> +cmdline_info      +libcall           +python3           +virtualedit
> +comments          +linebreak         +quickfix          +visual
> +conceal           +lispindent        +reltime           +visualextra
> +cryptv            +listcmds          +rightleft         +vreplace
> +cscope            +localmap          +ruby              +wildignore
> +cursorbind        +lua               +scrollbind        +wildmenu
> +cursorshape       +menu              +signs             +windows
> +dialog_con_gui    +mksession         +smartindent       +writebackup
> +diff              +modify_fname      +sodium            +X11
> +digraphs          +mouse             +sound             +xattr
> +dnd               +mouseshape        +spell             -xfontset
> -ebcdic            +mouse_dec         +startuptime       +xim
> +emacs_tags        +mouse_gpm         +statusline        -xpm
> +eval              -mouse_jsbterm     -sun_workshop      +xsmp_interact
> +ex_extra          +mouse_netterm     +syntax            +xterm_clipboard
> +extra_search      +mouse_sgr         +tag_binary        -xterm_save
> -farsi             -mouse_sysmouse    -tag_old_static
>    system vimrc file: "/etc/vim/vimrc"
>      user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
>  2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
>  3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
>       user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
>   system gvimrc file: "/etc/vim/gvimrc"
>     user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
> 2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
> 3rd user gvimrc file: "~/.config/vim/gvimrc"
>        defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
>     system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
>   fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
> Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK
> -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
> -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/sysprof-6
> -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16
> -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/fribidi
> -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
> -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include/webp
> -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/cloudproviders
> -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0
> -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0
> -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -pthread -Wdate-time -g -O2
> -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
> -ffile-prefix-map=/build/reproducible-path/vim-9.1.0777=.
> -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat
> -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection -DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\"/etc/vim/vimrc\"
> -DSYS_GVIMRC_FILE=\"/etc/vim/gvimrc\" -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
> Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3
> -lgdk-3 -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0
> -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0
> -lSM -lICE -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lselinux -lcanberra
> -lsodium -lacl -lattr -lgpm -L/usr/lib -llua5.1 -Wl,-E
> -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib
> -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.40/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread
> -lcrypt -L/usr/lib/python3.12/config-3.12-x86_64-linux-gnu -lpython3.12
> -ldl -lm -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ltcl8.6 -ldl -lz -lpthread -lm
> -lruby-3.1 -lm -L/usr/lib
>
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