Vi and tabs (RTFM?)

[steve emmerson]

In article <11316 at orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe at nucthy.PHYSICS.ORST.EDU 
(Guangliang He) writes [refering to ":se ai ts=90" in .exrc]:
>
>It is really painful when you
>are editting a old file with tabs in it. Does any one have a better way to 
>solve the tab problem ???

Use tabs, then run the file through expand(1).  Map it to a vi macro if you
want.
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