[Bug 1806173] [NEW] autodetect indentation

[anatoly techtonik]

Public bug reported:

Vim already comes with a good syntax highlighting default, but editing
files with 2 space indentation is a disaster. All indentation aware
editors correctly detect this setup and are able to indent and dedent
lines correctly, but not vim.

There are a couple of plugins that fix the issue, even though I think
that it is a usability bug in vim.

https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/52/how-do-i-make-vim-adapt-to-
the-current-indenting-style-of-the-file-im-editing

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: vim 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Sat Dec  1 12:08:48 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-01 (29 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic

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Title:
  autodetect indentation

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Vim already comes with a good syntax highlighting default, but editing
  files with 2 space indentation is a disaster. All indentation aware
  editors correctly detect this setup and are able to indent and dedent
  lines correctly, but not vim.

  There are a couple of plugins that fix the issue, even though I think
  that it is a usability bug in vim.

  https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/52/how-do-i-make-vim-adapt-to-
  the-current-indenting-style-of-the-file-im-editing

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: vim 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: i3
  Date: Sat Dec  1 12:08:48 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-01 (29 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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