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Problem
It seems something wrong with the script installation. The script page says
- Drop the script in your ~/.vim/indent directory.
When I did that, no Python indent when I use Vim. The correct step is:
#cp python.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/python.vim
the vim73 directory is your Vim version.
- No, this is wrong. If you copy it to your plugin directory, you will get python indent for all file types, until some other filetype indent script overrides it.
- The installation instructions are probably correct, but they assume you already have your Vim set up to read filetype-specific indent files. To do this, place the line "filetype indent plugin on" in your vimrc. See:
- --Fritzophrenic 15:50, July 7, 2011 (UTC)
Suggestion
The suggestion is the Python auto finished script when using Vim.
The step is:
1. $wget http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=2668 2. $mv download_file_name pydicton-0.5.tar.gz 3. $tar xvf pydicton-0.5.tar.gz 4. $mkdir ~/.vim/tools 5. $cp pydicton-0.5/pydiction ~/.vim/tools
We can use Ctrl+N to get the prompt of python.
Comments
As a user, I am deeply confused. Do the author of the script suggest doing this
~/.vim/indent
Or
- cp python.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/python.vim
Which one is wrong?
I would like to use the script to let vim do autoident for me with 1 tab which is 4 spaces. However, it keeps doing 2 tabs for me.