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Laz
Laz

Reputation: 6214

Reindenting Python code in Vim

I need to enclose a block of code with a for loop. As this is Python I need to take care of indenting and increment the number of tabs by one. Any easy way to do this in Vim?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 472

Answers (5)

Samuel O'Malley
Samuel O'Malley

Reputation: 3551

As well as the other excellent answers here, I would suggest adding this to your ~/.vimrc file:

vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

This will make it so that when you select text in visual mode (press v) and then press > or < it won't drop you out of visual mode.

The following lines will also make vim try to auto-indent lines for you which can be useful:

set autoindent
set smartindent

Although you will need to disable this when you paste text in or it will try to indent it.

You can turn paste mode on/off with a key, mapped like this:

set pastetoggle=<F6>

Now F6 will toggle paste mode to allow you to paste text in without the auto-indent screwing it up.

Upvotes: 0

Sergi Mansilla
Sergi Mansilla

Reputation: 12803

The fastest way you can try is v i p > from inside the block of code you want to indent. That wraps Visual mode Inside Paragraph, and > indents the selected code.

Upvotes: 0

Ilmo Euro
Ilmo Euro

Reputation: 5135

Try hitting V for visual line mode, select the area you want to indent, and hit >. Other motions besides V are good, too.

Upvotes: 3

David Cain
David Cain

Reputation: 17343

You can manually adjust indentation with < and >, and == will auto-indent a block of code.

Also, Indenting Python with Vim might be of help for getting some more advanced auto-indentation.

Lastly, ]p is a handy way to insert a yanked block of code, indenting it to the proper level (try yanking your block, moving the cursor to the start of your for loop, then pressing ]p).

Upvotes: 3

Noufal Ibrahim
Noufal Ibrahim

Reputation: 72805

Use this to indent or dedent code.

Upvotes: 1

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