Replace tabs with spaces in vim

Question

I would like to convert tab to spaces in gVim. I added the following line to my _vimrc:

set tabstop=2

It works to stop at two

Answer 1

This worked for me:

you can see tabs with first doing this:

:set list

then to make it possible to replace tabs then do this:

:set expandtab

then

:retab

now all tabs have been replaced with spaces you can then go back to normal viewing like this :

:set nolist