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@@ -87,6 +87,28 @@ If you use Emacs, add the following to one of one of your start-up files
'(lambda () (if (string-match "/libvirt" (buffer-file-name))
(libvirt-c-mode))))
+If you use vim, append the following to your ~/.vimrc file:
+
+ set nocompatible
+ filetype on
+ set autoindent
+ set smartindent
+ set cindent
+ set tabstop=8
+ set shiftwidth=4
+ set expandtab
+ set cinoptions=(0,:0,l1,t0
+ filetype plugin indent on
+ au FileType make setlocal noexpandtab
+ au BufRead,BufNewFile *.am setlocal noexpandtab
+ match ErrorMsg /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t/
+
+Or if you don't want to mess your ~/.vimrc up, you can save the above into a
+file called .lvimrc (not .vimrc) located at the root of libvirt source, then
+install a vim script from
+http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1408, which will load the
+.lvimrc only when you edit libvirt code.
+
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