Pressing tab should insert a tab

[swo]

My .vimrc sets softtabstop=8, while vim-tsv sets tabstop=20. So if I open a .tsv file and press tab, I actually get some number of spaces rather than a literal tab.

I think the solution is as easy as adding set softtabstop=20 to ftplugin/tsv.vim. As per #1 , it might be nice if there is a way to set both softtabstop and tabstop at the same time if you do need to expand the visual column width while editing a particular tsv.

[pdurbin]

@swo interesting. I don't appear to use softtabstop in my .vimrc: https://github.com/pdurbin/dotfiles/blob/daf7fd6b112c1c82f7d9685bedf174627e23f487/.vimrc

I don't know what softtabstop is for but I'm reading about it at https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/4244/what-is-softtabstop-used-for

Maybe I could try your solution and see if it breaks anything for me.

[swo]

Interesting. I've always set `softtabstop`, but now that I read more about it, it looks like it's best to just avoid setting it. `expandtab` does all the work I want it to. Happy to close this.

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[pdurbin]

@swo if not using softtabstop is an ok workaround for you I'm fine with you closing this issue. I'm just glad to have my first user beside me. 😄