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I used < in visual model to do a shift+tab reverse for a code inside loop after I removed the try/except phrase. Now, I get an error:
$ python clean_captions.py
File "clean_captions.py", line 157
split = get_split()
^
TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
Is there an automated way in vim or command line in Linux to fix this? I am using CentOS 7.
The problem occurred because there is an inconsistency between the spaces and tabs used for indentation in your code. You have probably opened a tab indented code, and started editing it, while vim was set to indent using spaces.
To solve this issue, first, set your tabbing space setting in your ~/.vim/vimrc by
set softtabstop=4
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
Then, use :retab to fix the indentation issue in your code.
