Lev Lvovsky wrote:
I'm sure there's a fancy word for this, but is there any way to pull
text to the right?
suppose I have the following:
COL1 INT,
COL2 INT,
COL3 INT,
I'd like to get "COL3" aligned to "COL1" and "COL2", but to do that,
I need to put the cursor behind "COL3", hit space several times, and
then align "INT" with the other "INTs". Can I put my cursor to the
right of "COL3", and pull it over to "INT" on the right?
It sounds like you're interested in aligning text. For that may I
suggest looking into Align.vim (and AlignMaps.vim, which come together).
To do the alignment, assuming that you're using spaces as delimiters:
at the upper right hand corner, type V
move cursor to bottom right hand corner.
type \tsp
If you're using tabs as delimiters, then use \tab instead of \tsp.
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1. Get an up-to-date version of vimball and Align:
[vimball]
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1502
-or- http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#VimBall
(the mysite.verizon.net one will be the more recent version)
[align]
http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#ALIGN
2) Remove the old vimball plugin and install the new one:
Linux:
cd /usr/local/share/vim/vim70
/bin/rm plugin/vimball*.vim autoload/vimball*.vim doc/pi_vimball.txt
mv (wherever it was downloaded)/vimball.tar.gz .
gunzip vimball.tar.gz
tar -xvf vimball.tar
Windows:
Under Windows, check your runtimepath to determine where your
vim 7.0's runtime directories are:
vim
:echo &rtp
:q
The first directory is likely your personal plugins directory,
the second one is your vim system directory.
cd (to your vim system directory)
del plugin\vimballPlugin.vim
del autoload\vimball.vim
del doc\pi_vimball.txt
ren (wherever)\vimball.tar.gz vimball.tar.gz
gunzip vimball.tar.gz
tar -xvf vimball.tar
3) Install a new version of Align:
vim Align.vba.gz
:so %
:q
