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 Tabstops in vi

Tabstops in vi

When using vi on c/c++ files, it is useful to be able to set the tab stops to something smaller than 8. This can be done on a file by file basis with this command: 
:set tabstop=4
or permanently by creating a file ~/.exrc with this content: 
set tabstop=4
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