Re: Indent block inline with other blocks is too far

Hi,

There is extensive documentation and guidance around how to use tabs in the user manual at

:h 30.5

Thanks

Chris

Am 28.06.2025 um 09:20 schrieb K otgc <[email protected]>:

Just entering :set sw=2 in .vimrc leaves tabbing at 8 spaces.
The post 27 Jun 2025, 15:25:24 with 3 lines of code, is the only code that works to affect tabbing at 2 spaces.

On Friday, 27 June 2025 at 18:30:52 UTC+2 Gary Johnson wrote:

On 2025-06-27, K otgc wrote:

> Hello,

> I'm indenting a code block by highlighting the block and then selecting the

> greater than key.

> However this indents the block 8 spaces, which is too far past the other code

> blocks, which are only 2 spaces indented.

> I am using version: VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Apr 02 2025

> 16:39:51)

> Is there a way to adust the indent please?

Yes. As someone else wrote, see

help >

help 'sw'

and just execute, or put in your vimrc,

:set sw=2

Regards,

Gary

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