Indenting in Vim

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May
27
2009
Submitted by Nick on Wed, 27th May 2009, 11:22 and has been commented on once.
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Ever had that situation where you've enabled :set paste and pasted in hundred of lines of code into vim only to see it all fully left aligned? I just did… And bugger going over each line and manually indenting it! Want know how to indent a visual block of text?

So, make a visual selection of what you'd like indented (by pressing v and moving the cursor to mark the selection). Press colon to enter command mode and type "le2". The le command is shorthand for left align. The 2 value is an optional indent setting.

This is what I love about vim; there is always a new trick to make your life easier!

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The most recent comment was on Thu, 1st Jul 2010, 18:59

Another solution

Jul
01
2010
Submitted by CSÉCSY László (not verified) on Thu, 1st Jul 2010, 18:59.

What about selecting lines instead of chars by pressing V (Shift+V), then having the selection automatically indented by pressing =?

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