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I am learning vi and like it so far. I am writing Python code with it and would like to change my tabs from 8 spaces to 4. I saw somewhere that I should edit my .vimrc file and add :set tabstop=4, but I cannot find it (even when I run :version in vi, it tells me where my user and system .vimrc files are, but I cannot find them there).
/etc/vimrc -> This sets the preferences for all user
~/.vimrc -> This set preferences for a specific user (/home/druuna/.vimrc -> for druuna only). This is a . (dot) file, and might not be visible with the normal commands/tools you use. In a terminal use ls -la, the a tells ls to show hidden (dot) files as well.
The .vimrc file is not always present by default, if so you can create it yourself.
BTW: You should use this: set tabstop=4 (or set ts=4). The : is not used/wanted in the vimrc files.
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