[sos-devel] [RESEND PATCH] Fix vim tags typo in all python source files

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 01:29:26PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Fix the spelling of 'set' in vim tags, in all of the
> python sources files.

Hi Kamalesh,
 
> -# vim: et ts=4 sw=4
> +# vim: set ts=4 sw=4

I don't think this is quite correct; this discards the 'et' command that
enables tab-expansion (conversion of tab characters to a corresponding
number of spaces).

The 'et' is not a mis-spelling of 'set'; there are just two ways to do
vim modelines (although not all versions are compatible with every line
format).

I'm also unsure that this makes a valid modeline since it does not end
with a ':' - this is required for the styles which use the 'set'
keyword:

  http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#modeline

I've edited the patch so that the final modeline will be:

# vim: set et ts=4 sw=4 :

I think this gives us the options that we want and is compatible with
the widest range of vi and vim variants.

Thanks again for taking this on!

Regards,
Bryn.