Re: Makefile editing slightly broken

On 29.12.14 18:31, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Monday, December 29, 2014 1:32:39 PM UTC-6, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > I dunno what happened, I'm still using the same .vimrc I have for years, but lately there's
> > a glitch when I'm editing a Unix makefile.
> >
> > When I start to edit the commands for a rule, it uses spaces instead of a tab to position
> > the command.  For makefiles, of course, this is wrong.  Vim even knows this, and highlights
> > the line in red. 
...
> > What should I look for?  What should I fix?
> >
>
> Probably your 'expandtab' option has been set somewhere. You can
> figure out where using the command ":verbose set expandtab?"
>
> Probably, you will need to fix this by creating or adding to an
> ftplugin file for makefiles, or use a Filetype autocmd event. Either
> way you'll want to "setlocal noexpandtab" for the makefile filetype.

A filetype autocmd sounds quite workable. However, a solution I tend to
use is to set "modelines", and then add:

# vim:noexpandtab

either to the beginning or end of my makefiles. (But then I already have
modelines set for other reasons.)

Erik

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