Re: [PATCH] HACKING: add a vim indentation example

[Pádraig Brady]

On 19/07/11 04:18, address@hidden wrote:
> +If you use vim (7+ compiled with autocommands), and coreutils working
> +directory name also matches, add the following in ~/.vimrc:
> +
> +  " Set GNU style indentation, spaces instead of TABs
> +  function! CoreutilsIndent()
> +      " Check if 'coreutils' is part of the current working directory
> +      if match(getcwd(), "coreutils") > 0
> +          " The next 3 lines below set the GNU indentation
> +          setlocal cinoptions=>4,n-2,{2,^-2,:2,=2,g0,h2,p5,t0,+2,(0,u0,w1,m1
> +          setlocal shiftwidth=2
> +          setlocal tabstop=8
> +          " Coreutils specific, expand TABs with spaces
> +          setlocal expandtab
> +      endif
> +  endfunction
> +
> +  autocmd BufEnter *.c,*.h call CoreutilsIndent()

Thanks!

There is also a plugin available to load .vim files from the dir
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/456792/vim-apply-settings-on-files-in-directory

Matching on the path seems a little hacky, though not too bad.
I'll try these out for a while and will apply soon.

cheers,
Pádraig.