Vscode-neovim: Cursor position desync in tab-indented Python files

[schiffermtq]

For .py files, NeoVim defaults to tabstop=8. This completely breaks the cursor positioning in vscode-neovim for tab-indented files.

This can be reproduced with a simple file with .py extension without modeline. My init.vim does not contain any settings related to indentation.

• VSCode 1.41.1-1576681836
• NeoVim 0.5.0+ubuntu1+git202001122018-05ea3c1-00e710e-8b2f2dc~ubuntu18.04.1
• vscode-neovim 0.0.49

[asvetliakov]

Does something like this fix the problem?
autocmd FileType python :setlocal tabstop=1

[schiffermtq]

Yes, running the command from VSCode fixes the issue for newly opened Python files. Adding it to init.vim doesn't have any effect (neither in vscode-neovim nor in plain nvim).

[asvetliakov]

@schiffermtq Did you reload the init.vim so $MYVIMRC after change ?

Also try autocmd FileType * ...

[schiffermtq]

• I restarted VSCode/nvim completely
• No change with autocmd FileType * .... I assume that nvim already registers an autocmd that changes this by default, but after loading init.vim?

[asvetliakov]

FileType should be executed after default filetype handler, so it should work. Curious.

Try autocmd WinEnter,WinNew,BufAdd * ... then

[schiffermtq]

With autocmd WinEnter,WinNew,BufAdd * ..., vscode-neovim works as expected. In plain nvim, I need to change out of the buffer and back until tabstop=1 is applied.

I also found the command let g:python_recommended_style = 0. Adding this to init.vim disables the tabstop override (and some other settings) from ftplugin/python.vim, which seems to be a better solution: all autocmds work as expected now, and vscode-neovim behaves correctly even without any of the autocmds.