很少有设置定义是使用空格还是制表符。

这里有一些方便的函数，可以在~/中定义。vimrc文件:

function! UseTabs()
  set tabstop=4     " Size of a hard tabstop (ts).
  set shiftwidth=4  " Size of an indentation (sw).
  set noexpandtab   " Always uses tabs instead of space characters (noet).
  set autoindent    " Copy indent from current line when starting a new line (ai).
endfunction

function! UseSpaces()
  set tabstop=2     " Size of a hard tabstop (ts).
  set shiftwidth=2  " Size of an indentation (sw).
  set expandtab     " Always uses spaces instead of tab characters (et).
  set softtabstop=0 " Number of spaces a <Tab> counts for. When 0, featuer is off (sts).
  set autoindent    " Copy indent from current line when starting a new line.
  set smarttab      " Inserts blanks on a <Tab> key (as per sw, ts and sts).
endfunction

用法:

:call UseTabs()
:call UseSpaces()

要在每个文件扩展名中使用它，可以使用以下语法(添加到.vimrc):

au! BufWrite,FileWritePre *.module,*.install call UseSpaces()

请参见:将制表符转换为空格。

下面是来自Wikia的另一个片段，可用于在制表符和空格之间切换:

" virtual tabstops using spaces
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
" allow toggling between local and default mode
function TabToggle()
  if &expandtab
    set shiftwidth=8
    set softtabstop=0
    set noexpandtab
  else
    set shiftwidth=4
    set softtabstop=4
    set expandtab
  endif
endfunction
nmap <F9> mz:execute TabToggle()<CR>'z

它可以为每个选项卡使用4个空格，并映射到F9来切换设置。

我基本的~/。Vimrc评论:

set number " show line number                                                                                           
set tabstop=2 " set display width of tab; 1 tab = x space with                                                           
set expandtab " transform tab to x space (x is tabstop)                                                               
set autoindent " auto indent; new line with number of space at the beginning same as previous                                                                      
set shiftwidth=2 " number of space append to lines when type >> 

将您想要的设置放在~/。vimrc文件——请参阅下面的一些指导方针和最佳实践。

在Vim中使用标签有四种主要方式:

Always keep 'tabstop' at 8, set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to 4 (or 3 or whatever you prefer) and use 'noexpandtab'. Then Vim will use a mix of tabs and spaces, but typing and will behave like a tab appears every 4 (or 3) characters. Note: Setting 'tabstop' to any other value than 8 can make your file appear wrong in many places (e.g., when printing it). Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use a |modeline| to set these values when editing the file again. Only works when using Vim to edit the file. Always set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to the same value, and 'noexpandtab'. This should then work (for initial indents only) for any tabstop setting that people use. It might be nice to have tabs after the first non-blank inserted as spaces if you do this though. Otherwise aligned comments will be wrong when 'tabstop' ischanged.

来源:

vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html #“制表符” :帮助制表符

要为当前用户永久地定义此属性，请创建(或编辑).vimrc文件:

$ vim ~/.vimrc

然后，将下面的配置粘贴到文件中。重新启动vim后，将应用选项卡设置。

set tabstop=4       " The width of a TAB is set to 4.
                    " Still it is a \t. It is just that
                    " Vim will interpret it to be having
                    " a width of 4.

set shiftwidth=4    " Indents will have a width of 4

set softtabstop=4   " Sets the number of columns for a TAB

set expandtab       " Expand TABs to spaces

还有一件事，使用 : retab 将现有制表符转换为空格 http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Converting_tabs_to_spaces

或者vim modeline的简写:

vim :set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et :