I sometimes want Vim to read tab-formatted files where the most reasonable formatting implies a non-uniform tab width. In other words, I want a tab stop at positions:
5, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80
How can I do this in Vim?
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There is a feature called variable tabstops which has been kicked around for a long time in vim. It was just reintegrated into the master branch in the last couple days. I've tested it a bit - had to patch it to avoid a few arithmetic errors, but it now appears pretty stable. You may be in luck pretty soon.Cascabel– Cascabel2009-10-29 19:53:20 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2009 at 19:53
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If you don't actually need to change the tabstops and can get away with just inserting the correct number of spaces, I would suggest you script it. Here's a quick and dirty version that might do what you want:
let s:tabstops = [0, 5, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80]
fun! Find_next(pos)
if a:pos > min(s:tabstops) && a:pos < max(s:tabstops)
let my_count = 0
while my_count < len(s:tabstops) - 1
if a:pos > get(s:tabstops, my_count) && a:pos < get(s:tabstops, my_count+1)
return get(s:tabstops, my_count+1)
endif
let my_count = my_count + 1
endwhile
return -1
endif
return -1
endfun
fun! Tabbing()
let pos = col('.')
let next_stop = Find_next(pos)
let the_command = "normal i"
let my_count = 0
while my_count < next_stop - pos
let the_command = the_command . " "
let my_count = my_count + 1
endwhile
let the_command = the_command . ""
execute the_command
endfun
imap <TAB> j<ESC>:call Tabbing()<CR>lxi
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Magnus
This is a great function, although this will not reformat an existing file, which is what I needed, but assist in formatting my own file on the fly.
Currently no. Not with any official builds.
However, if you're willing to invest a little effort on your side, I remember there was a patch for something like that. Check out vim's patches page.
