created by

Daniel Schemala

script type

utility

description

A simple vim plugin that aligns text separated with tabs or two or more whitespaces, so that each part starts in the same column as in the other lines. Similar as a table, but without lines. Before: part one        part two     part three another part one              another part two    another part three After: part one                  part two                 part three another part one    another part two   another part three Usage: to align the whole buffer, type :Tabbi, for aligning parts type e.g. :10,20Tabbi or use visual mode. With the function Tabb(<pattern> [<trim> [,<separator]]) it is possible to format the selected lines. <pattern> is the pattern after which the lines should be formatted, §x or §x-y is replaced by the corresponding column. §- can be used to align the lines like the :Tabbi command. <trim> is a boolean specifying if the parts are trimmed (default 0). <sep> is a string or regular expression that specifies the string separating the line into columns. The default is tabs or two or more whitespaces. See the plugin file for more details. Before: part one, part two  ,part three , part four, rest one  , two , three -> select the lines and type :call Tabb("§2: §1§- - §3-4", 1, ",") Result: part two: part one  - part three , part four two: one                  - three

install details

Put tabbi.vim in the plugin folder (e.g. ~/.vim/plugin/).

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
tabbi.vim	1.2	2010-11-21	7.0	Daniel Schemala	Whitespace at the beginning of the line are not pruned any more, and added a new formatting function.
tabbi.vim	1.1	2010-10-17	6.0	Daniel Schemala	Works now also with two or more whitespaces as separator, and aligns with tabs or whitespaces according to the setting of “expandtab”.
tabbi.vim	1.0	2010-10-16	6.0	Daniel Schemala	Initial upload

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