Re: Align one line to another
On Aug 14, 11:42 am, Tim Johnson t...@johnsons-web.com wrote: I'd like to find a way to align one or more lines with the same indentation as (say) the previous line: Example : Main entry point for this module. Process all. Delete all. To Main entry point for this module. Process all. Delete all. I'm looking at a 'Quick reference Card' athttp://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/vimqrc.htmland under 'Advanced insertion' are some clues, but blush I am unable to decipher them. thanks What about: :set autoindent (visually select area including lines you wish to indent, NOT the line whose indent you wish to match) = -- You received this message from the vim_use maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
Re: Align one line to another
* Ben Fritz fritzophre...@gmail.com [110815 08:41]: On Aug 14, 11:42 am, Tim Johnson t...@johnsons-web.com wrote: I'd like to find a way to align one or more lines with the same indentation as (say) the previous line: Example : Main entry point for this module. Process all. Delete all. To Main entry point for this module. Process all. Delete all. I'm looking at a 'Quick reference Card' athttp://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/vimqrc.htmland under 'Advanced insertion' are some clues, but blush I am unable to decipher them. thanks What about: :set autoindent (visually select area including lines you wish to indent, NOT the line whose indent you wish to match) `autoindent' has always been set on my configuration. I think Tim Chase gave a good tip for 'non-tab' indenting thanks Ben -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- You received this message from the vim_use maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
Re: Align one line to another
On 08/14/2011 11:42 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
I'd like to find a way to align one or more lines with the same
indentation as (say) the previous line:
Example :
Main entry point for this module.
Process all.
Delete all.
To
Main entry point for this module.
Process all.
Delete all.
There are lots of ways to do this, so I'll toss a couple out
there and you can pick choose depending on your needs.
The first easiest (assuming the first/previous line is an
even multiple of 'shiftwidth' and corresponds to your 'expandtab'
settings) is to just use the or commands to shift over
the range. In the above example, I'd select the 2nd 3rd lines
and hit to shift them right one. If I needed multiple shifts
to get them into position, I'd then hit . (period) to repeat
the shift until they're in place.
If the 1st/previous line's leading whitespace *isn't* a
multiple of 'sw', making the previous method less helpful, then
I'd consider using visual-block mode to select the left-hand
column of the stuff to indent and then hit I (capital-eye) to
insert at the beginning of the block. Put in the expected/proper
indentation, and then hit esc which will put that indentation
on all the lines. If the indentation of the 1st/previous line
is a bit crazy (say, a sick mixture of tabs/spaces), then you
could copy that indentation from the first line and then after
hitting I in visual-block-mode, use control+R followed by a
double-quote to insert the crazy indentation.
Both of those are somewhat manual. If you want to create a
mapping, you could do something like
:vnoremap f4 :'+1,'s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline('),
'^\s*')cr
which would allow you to visually select the lines in question.
The mapping will then sniff the indentation of the first line you
selected and then apply it to all the lines afterward.
Finally, if you have oodles of these in your file and you don't
want to visually select each piece manually, you can break out
the nuclear option...something like
:g/^\s*/ka|+,//s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline('a), '^\s*')
(this burns the a mark, so adjust the ka and 'a accordingly
if you don't want to tromp them) which will search for every line
beginning with three double-quotes (with optionally leading
whitespace) and then adjust from the following line (+) through
the next match of three double-quotes and pull down the
indentation from the first/previous line. If you don't want to
burn ANY marks, it might be doable with
:g/^\s*/+,//s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline(line('.')-1), '^\s*')
So there you have a whole mess of options depending on the time,
energy, and enormity of the task at hand. :) Hope it helps,
-tim
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Re: Align one line to another
* Tim Chase v...@tim.thechases.com [110814 11:36]:
On 08/14/2011 11:42 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
There are lots of ways to do this, so I'll toss a couple out there
and you can pick choose depending on your needs.
The first easiest (assuming the first/previous line is an even
multiple of 'shiftwidth' and corresponds to your 'expandtab'
settings) is to just use the or commands to shift over the
range. In the above example, I'd select the 2nd 3rd lines and hit
to shift them right one. If I needed multiple shifts to get
them into position, I'd then hit . (period) to repeat the shift
until they're in place.
I use this method all the time...
If the 1st/previous line's leading whitespace *isn't* a multiple
of 'sw', making the previous method less helpful, then I'd consider
using visual-block mode to select the left-hand column of the stuff
to indent and then hit I (capital-eye) to insert at the beginning
of the block. Put in the expected/proper indentation, and then hit
esc which will put that indentation on all the lines. If the
indentation of the 1st/previous line is a bit crazy (say, a sick
mixture of tabs/spaces), then you could copy that indentation from
the first line and then after hitting I in visual-block-mode, use
control+R followed by a double-quote to insert the crazy
indentation.
Both of those are somewhat manual. If you want to create a mapping,
you could do something like
:vnoremap f4 :'+1,'s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline('),
'^\s*')cr
which would allow you to visually select the lines in question. The
mapping will then sniff the indentation of the first line you
selected and then apply it to all the lines afterward.
Finally, if you have oodles of these in your file and you don't want
to visually select each piece manually, you can break out the
nuclear option...something like
:g/^\s*/ka|+,//s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline('a), '^\s*')
(this burns the a mark, so adjust the ka and 'a accordingly if
you don't want to tromp them) which will search for every line
beginning with three double-quotes (with optionally leading
whitespace) and then adjust from the following line (+) through
the next match of three double-quotes and pull down the indentation
from the first/previous line. If you don't want to burn ANY
marks, it might be doable with
:g/^\s*/+,//s/^\s*/\=matchstr(getline(line('.')-1), '^\s*')
So there you have a whole mess of options depending on the time,
energy, and enormity of the task at hand. :) Hope it helps,
It sure does. These instructions above open all kinds of
possibilities.
Thanks very much
--
Tim
tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com
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