Re: How to set noexpandtab for a specific file

On 2018-11-24, Kit wrote:
> 2018-11-24 15:46 GMT+01:00, Bradley Bell <bradley.m.bell@gmail.com>:
> > How do I set noexpandtab for automake.am automatically, so I do
> > not forget to enter it every time I edit that file ?
>
> ~/.vim/ftplugin/automake.vim:
> set noexpandtab

Vim doesn't set the filetype of a file named automake.am to
"automake", it sets the filetype to "elf". The OP may have to add
an overriding rule to set the filetype of automake.am to "automake".

The OP's modeline should work. It would be nice to find out why it
doesn't. Executing

:verbose set expandtab?

may give a clue.

Regards,
Gary

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