vim and Red Hat 9

[Bob Bell]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:09:45PM -0400, Steven Knight <steven.knight at unh.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 10:56, Derek Martin wrote:
> > Anyone using vim to edit C code on a Red Hat 9 system?  I'm finding
> > that the C-style auto-indenting has ceased to function, requiring me
> > to manually indent.  Anyone else seeing this?
> 
> The issue is that auto-indenting is not enabled unless you turn it on. 
> You'll need to add to your .vimrc file ( or create this file ) 
> 	
> set autoindent
> 
> You can find even more information about vim's indenting abilities with:
> 
> :help C-indenting

The following is a subset of my vimrc as it relates to formatting
C files (just some ideas for you to look up in vim's help, which should
help you define your preferred style):

  set autoindent        " take indent for new line from previous line
  set formatoptions=tcrq2l " how automatic formatting is to be done
  set shiftwidth=4      " number of spaces to use for (auto)indent step
  set shiftround        " round indent to multiple of shiftwidth
  set smarttab          " use shiftwidth when inserting <TAB>
  set noexpandtab       " don't expand tabs [default]
  set tabstop=8         " number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses [default]

function! s:ft_c()
  set cindent
  set cinoptions=(0,u0,t0,*50
  iab <buffer> #i #include
  iab <buffer> #d #define
endfunc

augroup bbell
  au FileType c,cpp     call s:ft_c()
augroup END


That's actually from my vimrc at work, which is probably more up-to-date
than my one at home, but I'm guessing it's also valid for Vim as shipped
on RH9.

-- 
Bob Bell <bbell at hp.com>
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