====== VIM - Config - Indentation - Indentation purely with hard tabs ======

To indent only with hard tabs, and not with spaces.

<code>
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  These settings will result in hard tabs being used for all indentation.

  * The principle is to set **set tabstop** and **set shiftwidth** to the same value, and to leave **expandtab** at its default value (**noexpandtab**), and leave **softtabstop** unset.

  * **shiftwidth** affects what happens when you press **>>**, **<<** or **==**.
    * It also affects how automatic indentation works.

  * **tabstop** changes the width of the TAB character, plain and simple.
</WRAP>