Some Vim indentation tips to collect here mainly as a reminder. Note that the amount of spaces used for indentation is mainly governed by the variable shiftwidth.
- Moving around (aka, prelude to action):
- H to top of screen, L to bottom, M to middle. Then use nG to go to line n, G alone to bottom of file, gg to top of file.
- Go visual pressing v then move around to selct text. Once happy, you can copy (yy) or delete (dd) the selected text.
- Indent text (visual mode):
- in command mode, press v then move cursor around (text will be highlighted), then press > to indent the highlighted text.
- Indent text (markers):
- position yourself then place a marker with ma, then move down to your block end and type >'a (a can be replaced with another valid character)
- Indent text (fixed):
- to indent current line type >>
- to de-indent current line type <<
- to indent 10 lines from the current one use 10>>
- ... you get the gist ...
- to indent lines from 10 to 20 type :10,20>
set shiftwidth=5 #Indent by 5 spaces when using >>, <<, etc.
set softtabstop=5 #Indent by 5 spaces when pressing
set autoindent "Keep indentation from previous line
All of this is tested/verified for vim, not sure about vi.
