Should be trivial, and it might even be in the help, but I can't figure out how to navigate it.
Thanks in advance.
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Use the > command. To indent 5 lines, 5>>. To mark a block of lines and indent it, Vjjj> to indent 3 lines (vim only). To indent a curly-braces block, put your cursor on one of the curly braces and use >%.
If you're copying blocks of text around and need to align the indent of a block in its new location, use ]p instead of just p. This aligns the pasted block with the surrounding text.
Greg Hewgill
2008-10-25 03:28:37
<shift>-v also works to select a line in Vim.
akdom
2008-10-25 03:31:06
akdom: thanks, fixed that.
Greg Hewgill
2008-10-25 03:32:38
I had no idea! And I've used it for YEARS. -frown- Tnx for the tips...
Richard T
2008-10-25 04:13:09
@akdom: interesting; that ('V') was always a key that I used for maps because it had no other use (v and g were two others).
Jonathan Leffler
2008-10-25 05:45:45
I use >i} (indent inner {} block). Works in vim. Not sure it works in vi.
Martinho Fernandes
2009-02-15 17:26:08
@Greg: consider adding to your answer that using set shiftwidth=' ' you can define the indentation size (default is 8) when using < or >
Roman M
2009-02-26 06:13:00
I had been using control-v to indent by navigating to the front of the line but this is clearly much better.
Brandon Thomson
2009-09-20 15:12:45
@Martinho: text objects, like i} are Vim-specific. Then again, so is visual mode.
jamessan
2009-11-11 17:36:11
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In addition to the answer already given and accepted, it is also possible to place a marker and then indent everything from the current cursor to the marker. Thus, enter ma where you want the top of your indented block, cursor down as far as you need and then type >'a (note that "a" can be substituted for any valid marker name). This is sometimes easier than 5>> or vjjj>.
Daniel Spiewak
2008-10-25 04:00:31
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As well as the offered solutions, I like to do things a paragraph at a time with >}
Paul Tomblin
2008-10-25 04:08:38
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Also try this for "C-indenting" indentation, do ":help =" for more info:
={
That will auto-indent the current code block you're in.
Or just:
==
to auto-indent the current line.
svec
2008-10-25 04:21:02
A:
:help is your friend. Use hjkl to move the cursor, CTRL-] in :help to jump to a term's help entry, CTRL-SHIFT-O to jump back. See :help > for your question.
rampion
2008-10-25 04:32:04
Ctrl-t is actually what should be used to move backwards through the tag stack. Ctrl-o (no shift needed) is how you move backwards through the jumps stack.
jamessan
2009-11-11 17:37:23
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Key-Presses for more visual people:
[Escape] # Enter Command Mode
# move around to the start of the area to indent
[h][j][k][l][up][down][left][right]
[v] # start a block
# move around to the end of the area to indent
[h][j][k][l][up][down][left][right]
[0..9] # ( Optional ) Type the Number of indentation levels you want
[>] # execute the indentation on the block
Kent Fredric
2008-10-25 09:16:00
+10
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A big selection would be
gg=G
it is really fast, and everything gets indented ;-)
Johan
2009-01-20 21:11:13
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when you select a block and use > to indent, it indents then goes back to normal mode. I have this in my .vimrc :
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv
It lets you indent your selection as many time as you want.
mike
2009-02-15 05:42:04
+1
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do this $vi .vimrc and add this line autocmd FileType cpp setlocal expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 cindent
this is only for cpp file you can do this for another file type also just by modifying the filetype...
pankaj ukumar
2009-11-11 17:33:42