Vim用空格而不是制表符缩进JavaScript文件

Question

I have the following vimrc configuration which is working fine for Python files:

execute pathogen#infect()
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
set tabstop=4

So when I press tab it's an alias to 4 spaces.

But it doesnt seem to work with JavaScript files.

When I press tab it always add a tab plus 2 spaces for every indentation. I am ok with the two spaces but how can I replace that tab with 4 spaces?

All the code is indented with spaces I dont want start adding tabs/spaces mix

I know you can specify the tabs/spaces for specific files but I cant make it work

autocmd FileType javascript setlocal shiftwidth=1 tabstop=4

Answer 1

To configure 4-space indentation, you need to :setlocal tabstop=4 expandtab . To be safe, it's recommended to also reset the 'softtabstop' option to 0 . Usually, you want the 'shiftwidth' option aligned to the chosen indent; that would be shiftwidth=4 :

autocmd FileType javascript setlocal shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 softtabstop=0 expandtab

I would recommend putting the options into ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/javascript.vim instead of defining lots of :autocmd FileType javascript ; it's cleaner and scales better; requires that you have :filetype plugin on , though.

If that doesn't work, some filetype plugin (or another :autocmd ) may override your settings. You can check with

:verbose setlocal shiftwidth? tabstop? softtabstop? expandtab?