Is there a way to indent a selection of lines in vim, like we have in text editors where we select a bunch of lines and press tab (or shift tab) to indent/unindent the selected lines? I am talking about general indentation and not related to code indentation.
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A:
You can select a set of lines with visual line mode (via shift + V), and then type
>
and, to dedent,
<
You can also add numeric arguments. Find out you didn't indent enough? Hit gv to re-select your previous selection.
While typing in normal mode, try out ctrl + T or ctrl + D to indent or dedent.
Peter
2010-02-25 07:25:10
Shouldn't it be 'outdent' instead of 'dedent'?
Vinko Vrsalovic
2010-02-25 07:50:31
@Vinko should be, but isn't :) an outdent is a backwards indent; a dedent is an indent undone. perhaps it should really be undent.
Peter
2010-02-25 08:18:47
You don't need to re-select the lines to indent more. Just use the dot command: >... will indent four times.
Marius Andersen
2010-02-28 08:24:14
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A:
Use visual mode as Peter suggests. You can also use X>> where X is the number of lines you want to indent. E.g. 5>> indents five lines from current line and down.
Brian Rasmussen
2010-02-25 07:37:39
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A:
As suggested by the other answers you can use >. Alternatively, you can automatically correctly indent your code by selecting the set of line in visual mode (using shift+V), and then using =.
Ton van den Heuvel
2010-02-25 08:31:24
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A:
I use the following mappings to indent/unindent:
vmap <TAB> >gv
vmap <S-TAB> <gv
Use TAB to indent and shift-TAB to unindent the visually selected lines.
If a block is selected Vim indents/unindents what is right of the start of the block.
Habi
2010-02-25 11:03:04
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A:
There's a Vim Cast on this topic:
http://vimcasts.org/episodes/indentation-commands/
I like Vim Casts. They are informative and pleasant to watch.
jps
2010-02-25 14:43:15