Re: bin/60010: "expandtab" behaves counter-intuitively (and different from vim)

["Kimmo Suominen via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/60010; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kimmo Suominen <kim%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/60010: "expandtab" behaves counter-intuitively (and
 different from vim)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:54:46 +0200

 Hi,
 
 I don't think this is a bug. Indenting is done with Control-T, not
 Control-I (TAB).  Inputting a TAB is done with the TAB key or with
 Control-I.  It would be counter-intuitive if TAB would produce spaces
 instead.
 
 I think vim has gotten this wrong (among other things).
 
 However, it is easy to install vim from pkgsrc, and pkg_alternatives
 can be used to make it available as vi (as one possible approach).
 
 Kind regards,
 + Kimmo