Questions tagged [indentation]
For questions about prefixing lines with whitespace to aid in readability.
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Is it possible to configure Vim to indent line continuation differently from indented blocks?
Here is an example of line continuation:
ThisIsASuperLongClassNameWithALotOfExtraCharacters thisIsALongVariableName =
ThisIsAModeratelyLongSuperClass.longFunctionCall(
...
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Is there a way to automatically reindent a selection while preserving relative indentation?
Suppose that I have a file that looks like this:
aaa
bbb
ccc
If I select lines 2 and 3 in visual mode and reindent with =, the result is everything in the same line:
aaa
bbb
ccc
Is there a way ...
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Get comments LINED UP in 65c816 asm syntax [duplicate]
I've been writing some 65c816 assembly lately. They have some interesting commenting conventions that I was hoping VIM could help me with.
LDA $E7 ; You see, they
BEQ IfZero ...
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vim plugin changes rust files to use a ts of 4 rather than 2
Let's say I have a simple file,
echo -n "\tTABBED ONCE" > foo.rs
And then I have in my .vimrc the following,
set ts=2
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
call plug#end()
How come I open that file ...
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maintain alignment of text after folding
When a block of text is folded in vim, the first line of folded text is displayed in the foldline at a constant offset from the left edge of the window. Can the offset of that text be instead set to ...
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Using linebreak and other commands to customize vim indentation
I am using vim, by default I have not set the linebreak option in vim.So the following code:
aug =ImageDataGenerator(width_shift_range=0.1,height_shift_range=0.1,horizontal_flip=True,fill_mode="...
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Vim autoindent and xml self-closing
(previously posted on https://stackoverflow.com/q/62000643/3206025 before I get that there is a Vi's SE)
Here my vimrc
filetype plugin indent on
set autoindent
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set ...
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Reformat code: breaking lines and aligning on a character
I am writing code in R, specifically using the Tidyverse packages. There is extensive use of the pipe %>% to chain functions together. The lines become long, so it is recommended to break them up ...
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Creating a new indented line with a closing bracket below when hitting enter
I'm coming to Vim from VSCode. So far, it's been great although I've noticed I have some muscle memory movements that I've had trouble moving to Vim.
When I write something like this (cursor is ...
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Vim plugin for different languages in one webfile
I have the annoying issue that I have a .php file with HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. I use Vim. But the autoindent is always messed up and only works for one language in the whole file. Is there a ...
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How to make the indentation more smart
I'm using vim to code and I set autoindent in my ~/.vimrc.
Now, if I code as below:
if (a == 1)
{| // the cursor is here and I type ENTER
}
After typing the ENTER, the code becomes as below:
...
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Autoindentation in .tex files
I use Vim to write Latex code and I would like to have autoindent when adding environments.
I am aware of the smartindent capabilities that can be toggle on and off by inspecting the $VIMRUNTIME/...
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What option controls how much space is added after a new line?
When I set tw vim will auto wrap lines at tw. When breaking that line vim usually places some spaces to keep the indentation of the previous line. Example
foo
bar<suppose that a wrap happens ...
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Vim ignores `filetype indent off`
I don't have a personal vimrc. I use /etc/vimrc. The last 2 lines are:
let testvar=999
filetype indent off
I confirmed execution at the vim prompt using :echo testver, which displays 999.
I tried ...
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Create a mapping for a "smart" Home key
With other text editors, if you press Home, it first takes you to the indent,
then all the way to the left.
Is this possible with Vim?
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Pasting text on Vim inside tmux breaks indentation
Ubuntu: 18.04 bionic
tmux: version 2.6
VIM: Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jun 06 2019 )
Included patches: 1-1453
Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Compiled by pkg-vim-...
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Auto-indent after carriage return after line containing open curly brace
I recently upgraded my Cygwin from a 2015 installation (5 years ago) to the current "2020" version. Gvim now automatically indents by shiftwidth columns when I press return after a curly brace { on a ...
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How to delete entry from indented argument from list?
Let's say with the cursor I'm on b in
def f(a=1,
b=2,
c=3,
e=4
)
and we want to delete the whole argument including the line break, so that we get
def f(a=1,
c=3,
...
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What is necessary to properly indent shell scripts with gg=G?
I was editing a small configure script and noticed that vim's indentation of the file was not working properly. A sample of the original source follows:
while getopts 'dgSsx' opt; do
case $opt ...
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Pressing Enter removes indentation
If I have a file a.js like this:
let a1 = [
];
and I press Enter at the end of the first line, a Tab is inserted. I do not want this, so I added a setting:
filetype indent off
but then if I have ...
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Keeping indent (like breakindent) when using hard wrap with textwidth
I know the breakindent option works with linebreak to preserve indent on wrapped lines. However, when I want to hard wrap lines (using the textwidth option so <EOL> is inserted when a line ...
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What vim setting determines the amount of indentation change by pressing > or < (greater than or less than)? [duplicate]
For me the > and < are set to 8 spaces. I would like them to be set to 4 spaces. What setting corresponds to this?
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How to indent text between specific line numbers in vim?
Let's say I want to indent everything between lines 40 and 60 (both lines included). One way of doing this is to go to line 40 and indent 21 lines:
:40
21>>
I am slightly bothered by having to ...
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Why does my line indent?
Please see line 20 and 21:
My question is about how vim decides to auto-indent line 21, and how to adjust that behaviour.
When I took this screenshot I had formatoptions=qrn1a set, however I believe ...
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Vim highlighting random indentations
As seen from the image, Vim decides to highlight those indentations for no reason. I've tried :noh and :set nolist (:set list seems to make it go away, but I don't want indentation marks) from a ...
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How to set custom shortcut in vim?
I want to make use of Shift+Tab to left-shift (unindent) a block of text, instead of Ctrl+d. How to do it?
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Paste into a new line and preserve indentation
I want a mapping that does it.
Apparently, it is not that simple.
Because first, it might decide to keep it commented when I press o.
And it behaves differently if it was copied by yy, insists adding ...
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Fix indentation in a file while keeping cursor on the same line
I'd like to use vim's builtin indent fix feature on an entire file. I have looked up answers, but all I found were suggestions to type gg=G, the only problem being that it brings your cursor to the ...
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Keep indentation after multiple newlines
I've got a problem where in insert mode, if I type something like { that will cause indentation, then press enter twice, then match that bracket (such that there is a line in between the opening and ...
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insert new bullet point in autoindent mode
with autoindent mode on, when writing a short bullet point on restructuredtext file:
- item one
~
Then I press Enter, and I get:
- item one
~
but I whould like to quickly by here:
- ...
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Smart and auto indent not indenting as expected for JSX
I'm trying to figure out how to get vim to correctly indent the next line in a JSX block.
Currently when I press enter, the cursor goes slightly behind where it should be. In the example below, my ...
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Why is the commit message inside parentheses wrapped so strangely?
I sometimes need to do some remarks in parentheses in my commit message's detailed part. But when the parenthesized text comes to the rightmost column and is line-broken, the next line for some reason ...
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gq in visual mode indents just first two lines of enumeration
Some markdown as an example. I select the following paragraph in visual mode and press gq. The result is:
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor ...
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How to disable intelligent indent for text/markdown files?
Since ever in my configuration of vim text and markdown-files are indented on following lines to align with open parenthesis.
Text Text Text (e.g. Hello
World)
More Text
This happens ...
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Override indentation settings with autocmd
When editing Typescript neovim automatically sets indentexpr=GetTypescriptIndent(). I don't like the way it aligns to
an open brace instead of inserting a (soft) tab or two, but it doesn't seem to be ...
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What setting causes my autoindent to add indent on a new line?
I have this go code snippet that I am working on in vim with vim-go enabled. | is where my cursor is at.
// PlayerServer is a HTTP interface for player information
type PlayerServer struct {
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Find and replace only between searched patterns
Editing large HTML file. Would like to do something like:
:/<blockquote>/,/<\/blockquote>/s/^\(\s\s\+\)\(<[^>].\{-}>\)/\1 \2/g
So basically just trying to indent all between ...
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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 ...
