.vimrc

syntax on
set tabstop=2       " The width of a TAB is set to 4.
                    " Still it is a \t. It is just that
                    " Vim will interpret it to be having
                    " a width of 4.

set shiftwidth=2    " Indents will have a width of 4

set softtabstop=2   " Sets the number of columns for a TAB

set expandtab       " Expand TABs to spaces

set background=dark