Questions tagged [indentation]
Prefixing lines with whitespace to aid in readability.
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How to have the cursor at the right indentation when editing PHP/HTML
When I'm working with HTML in a PHP file and I press enter while in INSERT mode, my cursor goes to the start of the next line instead of going at the right positive therefore I have to press tab to ...
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Where can I find good indentation file for lex filetype?
I checked and found only a syntax file for lex filetypes in /usr/share/nvim/runtime/syntax, but found no indent file in /usr/share/nvim/runtime/indent
I want my lex files to be properly indented; one ...
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Format / Indent c++ as you type inside expressions
In visual studio, that code :
for(int x=0;x<10;x++)
{}
becomes that code :
for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{
}
as soon as you hit enter.
I was wondering, is it possible, and if so, how can I ...
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Why does vim still auto-indent LaTeX after I set noai noci nosi?
I want to disable autoindent and smartindent for LaTeX so I did
:set noai noci nosi
When I open a brand new mwe.tex, filetype=plaintex and there is no auto indent magic.
When I then enter some code,...
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How to move a cursor to the last line with auto indent?
Assume autoindent is set, and you have the buffer below. Note the cursor is represented as I.
for i in range(1, 6):
print(i)I
When you hit Enter key, you get this.
for i in range(1, 6):
...
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How to get the right indentation and new line when adding a new line between brackets? [duplicate]
So I am curious about one thing:
when I am between two brackets ({) in vim (or nvim), and I press Enter I go from this (where the pipe sign is the cursor):
getUsers(){|}
to this:
getUsers(){
|}
...
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How to indent or unindent lines in a block of text?
I use two spaces in my indentation of codes. What are the possible ways to indent or unindent a block of code?
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Plugin to show enclosing indentation levels
I'm looking for functionality which may or may not exist. Basically, I'd like to have a location list split at the top of each writable buffer which shows the last line of each enclosing indentation ...
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vim disable behavior special tags (eg script)
When editing html, vim applies different rules when inside certain tags (like script/pre/style). I want to have the normal html rules when inside a script tag (using handlebars, and I don't write any ...
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'filetype plugin indent on' breaks indention [closed]
Using vim 8.*, I am using these plugins:
html5.vim
polymer-ide.vim
supertab
vim-javascript
In my vimrc.local file if I enable filetype plugin indent on it breaks my javaScript indention but makes the ...
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How to make a newline without autoindent
Is there a command to make a newline without the autoindent? In other words, I want o and O to normally autoindent, but is there another command that will not autoindent for just the duration of that ...
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How to indent HTML5 with omitted closing tags properly?
I try writing some HTML5 with omitted closing tags in NVIM v0.3.4, and get this:
<ol>
<li>3
<li>4
<li>8
<li>9
</ol>
This ...
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Match indentation upon newline without replacing spaces with tabs or vice versa
When I create a new line or hit o I have Vim configured to match the previous indentation.
However, since I use hard tabs in most places, vim will replace any spaces that are greater than or equal to ...
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Indent text to beginning of line
Sometimes I'll have some text with an arbitrary indentation.
Sample text.
If I want to bring this text back to the beginning of the line, I'll visually select the line and then ...
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Multi-line array variable in bash with filetype sh does not indent correctly
I have the following bash array after automatic indentation, both on pressing carriage return when was editing in :h Insert mode and doing =ip on the block in :h Normal-mode
DOTFILES=(
".bashrc"
"....
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How can I reindent/prettyify blocks of HTML code?
I've got a lot of HTML files, some of them with garbage indentation.
How can I select a block, and then prettify/reindent the HTML within, adding in newlines where appropriate? I can install any ...
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How do I get Vim (with TComment) to do proper block comments in OCaml?
(I have TComment installed, and I'm on NeoVim 0.4.0.)
Given this code, for example:
let mem key st =
let is_matching_key = function
| Positional _ -> false
| Flag f -> f.name == key
...
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Substitute tabs for equivalent number of spaces
N.B I use the word blank here due to lack of a better word. By blank I mean the remaining part of a tab that is visualized after the starting part. Please feel free to edit this question.
I know ...
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In PHP files, how can I auto close HTML tag pairs and indent the new line?
I have been a Vim user for several years now and I haven't been able to find a solution to this issue. There have been a lot of questions on the internet that try to address it, but none of the ...
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How to visually select based on indentation?
If someone is editing the following javascript file:
let foo = true
if (foo) {
let bar = 42
// moooooore code...
}
You can use vi{ anywhere on the line with let bar to select let bar = 42 and ...
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inoremap inserts unwanted tabs
I recently made myself custom insert mode keybindings to type faster in LaTeX. However, When I use them, Vim adds tabs that weren't part of the original keybinding.
Example:
Here is my inoremap:
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What is valid use case for `smartindent`?
I might not have discovered everything about it, but the smartindent option has given me much more trouble than usefulness. For example, it indents a line beginning with for or if, and won't shift a ...
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Indenting a c file adds spaces before function's type?
Open a c file and then type:
int
main
and then hit:
gg=G
It becomes
int
main
Is this an intended behavior? Is there a way to change this? I prefer it to be retained as is because most ...
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How to stop auto indent for some file with particular suffix
In my .vimrc file, I add few lines to it so that some file could have nice auto indent, such as .f90 and .c file, but it also cause autoindent for .plt file. Is there some way like if statement that ...
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LaTeX indent for \iff error in vim
With the minimal vimrc (with vimtex plugin):
set nocp
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
set st=2
set acd
set wildmenu
set wildmode=longest,list,full
let $USRPLUGD=$HOME.'\vimfiles\myvim\plugged'
...
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How to show 2 spaces as tabs in listchar?
I like to see my indentation level with listchars=tab:\|\
But one project uses two spaces instead. Is there any way to show indentation level lines then?
This question seems to the opposite of Show ...
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Keep relative cursor position after indenting with >>
Can I setup >> to keep the relative cursor position?
For example, assuming the line is
def fun(<cursor>):
can I make >> result in
def fun(<cursor>):
?
Obviously, with ...
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Copy and paste with breakindent set
I'm using breakindent to make long lines wraparound to the same indentation level as the start of the line. Unfortunately, with this setting on system copy and paste (in this case, out of the macOS ...
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Indent on New Line between HTML/XML Tags
I'm currently using
imap <silent> <C-c> </<C-X><C-O><C-X><Esc>F<i
as per this post and this page to close <></> tags of any kind with <C-c&...
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Automatically reindent lines filtered through formatprg
I have following xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<graph id="G" edgedefault="undirected">
<edge id="e6" source="n5" target="n4"> <data key="d1">1.1</...
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expandtab tab as 2 spaces show visually as 6 columns
How can 2-space indenting be shown as 6 column tab-style indents when editing, while remaining as 2-spaces?
Background:
a team uses a convention of 2 spaces for indenting code
I prefer indenting of ...
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Incorrect auto-indent bash
Result of auto-indent in vim (filetype indent on)
main() {
case $1 in
--ssh)
echo "sshing into ${aws_ips[$1]}"
ssh -i VPN_NODE_1.pem ${aws_ips[$1]}
;;
--scp)
...
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How to stop “tab” key indenting whole line
In one version of VIM that I run, when I hit the "tab" key in insert mode, it indents the whole line, regardless of the cursors position in the line.
Here is what I believe to be the only modified ...
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Indentation command `gg=G` for 'compressed' HTML doesn't unfold tags
Sometimes I copy 'compressed' HTML from TEXTAREA an I get code for ex. like this:
<html><body><h1>header1</h1><p></p>
<p></p>
<div><p></...
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C++: different auto-indentation for function protoypes versus continuation lines
I have the following options setup for C++ and Python development in vim:
autocmd BufEnter *.cpp setlocal tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=80 noexpandtab cindent cinoptions=:0,l1,t0,g0,(...
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How to get html tag auto completion?
I can't seem to figure out how to implement auto tag completion for html.
Is there a plug-in or something else you guys use that works? Is there just one thing I can download that will handle ...
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How do I make the yaml indent not indent lists?
OK so I would like to change the way that my yaml gets indented.
Right now my vim indents a yaml list like this:
list:
- this
- is
- a list
dict:
this: is a dict
I would like it to indent ...
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NeoVim indents each property:value in CSS
I have a style element in an HTML file. When I type, NeoVim continuously indents each successive line:
In my Vim, it works correctly:
My vimrc.
I would be grateful for any suggestion. Thanks!
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Make Vim ignore first character in line while indenting
Whenever I have to edit Perl Mason files, I always have problems indenting lines due to Perl code starting with %. For example:
<div>
<div>
% if( !$something ) {
<...
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Keep the full visual selection after indenting in easy mode vim
What is the best way to indent multiple lines in insert mode?
Here is what I have currently:
vmap <Tab> >
vmap <S-Tab> <
The problem is that it doesn't properly handle selection ...
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indentkey '}' triggers with delay?
I have several indentkeys (like end, elseif...), all of the works fine but typing } triggers the reindentation with a 1s delay. It behaves the same if I disabled my 'indentexpr' and use 'cindent'.
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vim suddenly stops indenting and uses tabs instead of spaces
every now and then my neovim just stops the correct indenting and i have to restart the session.
Besides the indenting, some plugins seem to stop working as well as some built in function like the o ...
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How to disable bad indentation when pasting text?
I am using vim and simply want to disable auto indent when I paste text into my terminal vim session. I have tried numerous solutions including various incantations of below to ~/.vimrc:
set nopaste
...
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How can I easily indent inline comments?
I frequently have inline comments for variables:
var1 = 0 # Var 1
var2 = 0 # Var 2
var3 = 0 # Var 3
var4 = 0 # Var 4
(This is in python, for example, but this question applies to C-Style ...
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Paste in normal mode ignores autoindent
When I paste something within normal mode, vim ignores autoindent. I copy and paste with y and p. As mentioned autoindent is on. It works fine when I manually indent or type something before pasting.
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Automatically apply indentation using spaces or tabs
I often edit different files in vim, some of which use tabs, and some and different amounts of spaces. With this, I have not found a combination of set expandtab, set shiftwidth, set softtabstop, and ...
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Dynamically toggle formatoptions based on input
Question: Is there a way to control the indentation + comment leader input, when adding a new line?
Details: I am trying to set formatoptions-=cro when inserting a new line (in specific syntax region)...
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Trigger reindentation after snippet has expanded to word in 'indentkeys'
The ftplugin vimtex provides the file indent/tex.vim with following line
setlocal indentkeys+=[,(,{,),},],\&,=item,=else,=fi
'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
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Why does the “rst” filetype automatically indent subsequent list items?
I've been having trouble understanding the behavior defined in GetRSTIndent() in indent/rst.vim. I'm specifically using Neovim v0.2.2, but I believe this file has not changed between Vim/Neovim.
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How to prevent Vim to collapse a fold with foldmethod=indent on a text paste?
I have the foldmethod=indent setting, the problem with it is that when I'm pasting a line or lines before the first line of a fold and all of these lines have the same or a greater level of ...
