title: vim: autoindent not working
body: <p>my autoindent is not working, any diagnostic tests to figure it out?</p>
  
  <p>my ":set" is:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>:set
    --- Options ---   cindent             laststatus=2        scroll=17<br>
    tabstop=4           window=36<br>
    filetype=cpp        number<br>
    smartindent         ttyfast<br>
    helplang=en         paste<br>
    syntax=cpp          ttymouse=xterm2<br>
    backspace=indent,eol,start<br>
    fileencoding=utf-8<br>
    fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1
    printoptions=paper:letter<br>
    runtimepath=~/.vim,/var/lib/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim72,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/af
    ter,/var/lib/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after
    suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc</p>
  </blockquote>