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I have recently installed the c.vim plugin. The only issue is when I type \im (automatically adds the main function) this is the way how it displays it.

        int
main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}                               /* ----------  end of function main  ---------- */

As you can see it looks a bit messy (I think so at least!). Because of this is there a way how I can format it like this?

int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

To me this is much neater which is why I want to change it.

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  • You'll have to patch the templates coming from c-support or use another plugin which will propose other snippets. Mar 5, 2015 at 21:59
  • Thanks, I have tried looking at the templates but I cannot find the one I like. Do you know where it is?
    – iProgram
    Mar 6, 2015 at 11:32
  • IIRC, the documentation explains how to override a template. Search for "local template". NB: You can also hack in to the templates packaged but it won't be a good idea. Mar 6, 2015 at 12:28
  • I have looked at the local template in search however I am not sure what to do. Could you give me the instructions please?
    – iProgram
    Mar 7, 2015 at 15:44
  • Sorry. I can't do more. So far, I've just grasped hints of a solution from the documentation -- and the way template expander could be implemented. As I said in another Q/A, I'm not using c-support as I'm maintaining a concurrent C++ suite -- which would expand main<c-space> into something closer to what you are looking for, and if not, this time I'll know how to override cpp/main snippet. Mar 7, 2015 at 20:59

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You need to edit c-support/codesnippets/main.c for C code and c-support/codesnippets/main.cc for C++

Otherwise it looks like the local version is stored in ~/.vim/bundle/cvim/c-support/templates

There is a file called c.idioms.template that contains the main function.

Edit:

I'm using pathogen so my path looks a little different. Per the c.vim documentation

The master template file is '$HOME/.vim/c-support/templates/Templates' for a user installation and '$VIM/vimfiles/c-support/templates/Templates' for a system-wide installation (see csupport-system-wide).

More info at :help csupport-templates-files

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  • Thanks for the reply. Will look into this soon. Where is $VIM (on a Mac)? I know $HOME is ~/ but not where $VIM/ .
    – iProgram
    Mar 11, 2015 at 16:33
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    Not sure on the Mac, Linux is /usr/share/vim typically. Probably pretty similar location.
    – jecxjo
    Mar 11, 2015 at 16:35
  • I edited c-support/codesnippets/main.cc but it didn't work so I edited the c.idioms.template file and it worked. Thanks.
    – iProgram
    Mar 11, 2015 at 17:38

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