How to convert indentation to space in Vim ?
:set listchars=eol:$,nbsp:_,tab
The file was cloned from git repository. Indentation is setup for tabs. How do I convert indentation to space?
50 addtask listtasks$
51 do_listtasks[nostamp] = "1"$
52 python do_listtasks() {$
53 >-import sys$
54 print('Hello World')$
55 >-for e in bb.data.keys(d):$
56 >->-if d.getVarFlag(e, 'task', False):$
57 >->->-bb.plain("%s" % e)$
58 }$
% probably means to apply the command to the whole file. not sure : i hardly ever use vi
s replace command
/ delimiter ... meaning s/X/Y/ replaces all instances of X with Y. "/" can be replaced with a different ascii character
% is all lines (1,$) as a line selector.
the final g on the command means to replace ALL items matching on a line not just the first one.
\t is a visible way to type TAB (one can also use TAB character in that spot.
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This worked! Could you please explain each character in this command?