tabs in vi

Michael Morrell morrell at hpsal2.HP.COM
Tue Aug 29 12:25:48 AEST 1989


> A quick way to do this is :$ to the end of the file, set a mark with
> ma, :0 back to the top, then type  !'aexpand -4<cr>    This runs the
> text of the file through expand, deletes it all, then replaces it with
> the output from expand.

You can do this without the mark by using "!Gexpand -4<cr>".  The "G" will
apply the expand from the current line to the end of the file.

  Michael



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