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In <538@heimdall.sdrc.com> rob.gabbard@sdrc.com (Rob Gabbard) writes:

>When I hit TAB in VI I want it to simply insert three spaces instead of an
>actual TAB. I know I can set ts=3 and shiftwidth=3, etc. but I simply don't
>want TABs in my file.  I even defined a macro that substitued all TABs with three spaces (with the above settings) but this caused all sort of strange visual effects for obvious reasons.  Is there a way to do this ?

How about:

set ts=666 shiftwidth=3
map ^V^I ^T
"    ^ you need to type two or three control-Vs here

This does more or less what you asked, except that it makes TAB at the
start of the line go to a multiple of three, even if it didn't start
on one.  And you still get an actual TAB if you ever reach column 666.

I'd normally use a smaller number than 666, just in case I'd ever be
editing a file that contained actual TABs, but you seem to be creating
excessively long lines.  Could you maybe set wm=8 when editing UseNet
articles?  Thanks.

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Hope this helps,

Hans Mulder		hansm@cs.kun.nl