Indentation And Format Code In Vim

indentation

basics

press v to enter selection mode, then…

indent

• indent by default configuration: >
• indent 4 spaces: 4 >

unindent

• unindent by default configuration: <
• unindent 4 spaces: 4 <

indent selected lines

• use v command to enter select mode, select lines you want to indent
• indent selected lines: j j >

v j j >

indent particular lines

Example is set to 5 lines

5 > >

references

• indent-multiple-lines-quickly-in-vi

format code

configure indent size

add configurations to ~/.vimrc

:set shiftwidth=2
:set autoindent
:set smartindent
:set tabstop=2

command

g g = G

references

• how-can-i-change-the-indent-size