[NTLUG:Discuss] lpr tabstops

[Kevin Brannen]

Cameron wrote:
> 
> i generally set my tabstop=4 in vi(m).  is there a way to tell lpr or
> vi(m) to print tabs as 4 spaces instead of the default 8 spaces?  btw, i
> print from vi(m) with ":w !lpr".  TIA
> --

Tell vim to "expand tabs", then there are no tabstops.  I generally have a mode-line at
the bottom of my files for this:

# vi: ts=4 sw=4 et :

You could also pipe it thru "expand -4" too.

Kevin