patch 8.1.0542: shiftwidth() does not take 'vartabstop' into account commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f951416a8396a54bbbe21de1a8b16716428549f2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Nov 22 03:08:29 2018 +0100 patch 8.1.0542: shiftwidth() does not take 'vartabstop' into account Problem: shiftwidth() does not take 'vartabstop' into account. Solution: Use the cursor position or a position explicitly passed. Also make >> and << work better with 'vartabstop'. (Christian Brabandt)

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec