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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T22:13:10+00:00 2026-06-11T22:13:10+00:00

Can vim attempt to automatically determine the tab type (tabs or spaces) of a

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Can vim attempt to automatically determine the tab type (tabs or spaces) of a file and set the tab properties to match automatically? If not, is there a plugin that will do this?

I’m working with a large, disorganized code base and it would be nice to have vim attempt to do this with each file.

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    2026-06-11T22:13:11+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 10:13 pm

    I think this plugin http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1171 is exactly what you want.

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