[Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Meier wrote:
> Gerald Combs wrote:
> > Jakub Zawadzki wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:57:25PM -0400, Bill Meier wrote:
> > > > Actually: let me ask a much simpler question:
> > > > Do the ex/vi/vim modelines as typically used in Wireshark even work ?
> > > Good question, for me they don't work.
> > > I saw commit and was testing it with :set ts=8,
> > >
> > > Anyway if wireshark modelines don't affect my editor settings I'm ok with it :)
> > > Sorry for fuss.
> > What do the following say?
> >
> >     verbose set modeline?
> >     verbose set modelines?
> >
> > It's possible that modelines are either disabled by default or don't
> > reach the modeline statement.
>
> I checked that:
>
> On the Ubuntu system, I had to add a 'set modeline' to .vimrc but even 
> then  the vim modeline in a test file worked only after changing the 
> line as described previously.

Gerald:

PS: if it turns out that the modeline generator needs a tweak fot vim 
modelines  I suggest adding the vim option smarttab so that using the 
tab key will indent by shiftwidth.

(I'm not a vim user but this sounds like the right option based upon the 
documentation).

Bill