From a32c95cd639a301163f44a2c84cbcdcdb50a4b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Nisi <nick@nisi.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:59:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [vim] drinking the tab kool-aid

Settings copied from @bryanforbes
---
 vim/vimrc.symlink | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vim/vimrc.symlink b/vim/vimrc.symlink
index d6ee055..7ef6647 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc.symlink
+++ b/vim/vimrc.symlink
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ let g:mapleader = ","
 set history=10000
 
 " Tab control
-set smarttab
-set expandtab
-set shiftwidth=4
-set tabstop=4
-set softtabstop=4
+set noexpandtab " insert tabs rather than spaces for <Tab>
+set smarttab " tab respects 'tabstop', 'shiftwidth', and 'softtabstop'
+set tabstop=4 " the visible width of tabs
+set softtabstop=4 " edit as if the tabs are 4 characters wide
+set shiftwidth=4 " number of spaces to use for indent and unindent
+set shiftround " round indent to a multiple of 'shiftwidth'
 
 " if has('mouse')
 "     set mouse=a