How does one make tapstop=x settings persistant in Vi?

[Noriaki]

How does one make tapstop=x settings persistant in Vi?

Every time I run vi I need to type :set tabstop=2 and it's really aggrivating...is there some way to make that setting persistant?

(I need the small tabs becuase my programming group is insisting on using tabs for program indenting and having the code in an if block indented 8 or 10 spaces is awful.....)

 

[stndn]

in your home directory, create a file called .exrc and put
ts=x # or tabstop=x

and you don't need to specify :set inside the .exrc file

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