textmate >> vim for python - teething troubles: especially indenting

Question

I'm (attempting) to move from textmate to vim [macvim to be exact] as my primary editor. I have already installed snipmate - wondering if there are other plugins you would suggest I install?

In particular I seem to be having a lot of trouble with indenting (<< seems to really do some very strange/unpredictable things), and I can't seem to find a solution for this - are there plugins I need for this to work properly?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I am not sure what you need exactly as I have not used textmate. But I do use these Plugins for VIM. They have helped me a lot.

Answer 2

For source code,

:h =

For text,

:h gq

Answer 3

Set the filetype setting in your vimrc file

filetype plugin indent on

That should enable filetype plugins and automatic indentation