Re: expanding tabs in a visual selection

* Bee <forth@calcentral.com> [120916 09:09]:
>
>
> On Sep 16, 9:43 am, Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi :
> >
> > Is there a way to apply the expand/retab process to a visual
> > selection?
> >
> > :h ??
> >
> > thanks
> > --
> > Tim
> > tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot comhttp://www.akwebsoft.com
>
>
> :help :retab
>
> :[range]ret[ab][!]
> [new_tabstop]
<blush> I shoulda asked for an example.
If I do the following
v " start visual mode
jjjj " select 4 more lines
:retab " nothing
:retab! " nothing
What else need I do?
thanks
--
Tim
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com

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