a result impossible to get with the <Tab> key and 'tabstop' set to 8.
To optimize space, `vi` would also silently remove packs of spaces and replace
them with tab characters. The following shows what happens pressing <C-t>
-a few times.
+a few times.
A "." stands for a space character and "------->" for a tab character.
type result ~
<C-t><Tab><C-t><C-d> ------->
A third option that one could set in `vi` was 'autoindent'. It copies the
-indent level of the previous lines,
+indent level of the previous lines,
type result ~
<Space><Tab>hello .------>hello