Vim - How Recognize Spaces as Tabs (set listchars=tab)

Posted by Eduardo Lucio on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Eduardo Lucio
Published on 2014-08-25T15:07:17Z Indexed on 2014/08/25 16:22 UTC
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I wonder if it is possible to use a configuration for that command "set listchars=tab:¦¦,trail:·" to "see" 4 spaces as tabs and get the effect of the picture below (using real tabs)...

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I use the setting "set expandtab" to Vim use spaces in place of tabs. I really need to use spaces instead of tabs, but I would keep the functionality above. There is some form of do this?

Here's how Vim behaves when I use "set expandtab"...

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... I wish he recognized one tab for every 4 spaces like above!

My setup for tabs...

set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set expandtab

Thank you!

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