Changes: Visual selection of indent block

Revision as of 03:34, 16 December 2007

Please review this tip:

This tip was imported from vim.org and needs general review.
You might clean up comments or merge similar tips.
Add suitable categories so people can find the tip.
Please avoid the discussion page (use the Comments section below for notes).
If the tip contains good advice for current Vim, remove the {{review}} line.

Tip 1014 Printable Monobook Previous Next

created October 8, 2005 · complexity basic · author Robert Schols · version 5.7

This command will make a visual selection of the lines that have the same indent level or more as the current line.

:exe "normal V" | let temp_var=indent(line(".")) | while indent(line(".")+1) >= temp_var | exe "normal j" | endwhile

Comments

A slight modification, to select the area above the cursor position as well, and the whole thing wrapped in a function (and nmapped to <Space>):

function! SelectIndent ()
  let temp_var=indent(line("."))
  while indent(line(".")-1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal k"
  endwhile
  exe "normal V"
  while indent(line(".")+1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal j"
  endwhile
endfun
nmap <space> :call SelectIndent()<cr>

Currently, I just set foldmethod=indent and select the folded area.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{review}}
+{{TipImported
-{{Tip
 |id=1014
+|previous=1013
-|title=Visual selection of indent block
+|next=1015
-|created=October 8, 2005 1:24
+|created=October 8, 2005
 |complexity=basic
 |author=Robert Schols
 |version=5.7
 |rating=16/11
-|text=
 }}
+This command will make a visual selection of the lines that have the same indent level or more as the current line.
-This command will make a visual selection of the lines that have the same indent level or more as the current line. Somebody told me that this would be useful when programming Python.
 <pre>
 :exe "normal V" | let temp_var=indent(line(".")) | while indent(line(".")+1) &gt;= temp_var | exe "normal j" | endwhile
 </pre>
 ==Comments==
+A slight modification, to select the area above the cursor position as well, and the whole thing wrapped in a function (and nmapped to &lt;Space&gt;):
-This idea was immensely useful for me, thank you.
-A slight modification, to select the area above the cursor position as well, and the whole thing wrapped in a function (and nmapped to &lt;space&gt;):
+<pre>
 function! SelectIndent ()
- let temp_var=indent(line("."))
- while indent(line(".")-1) &gt;= temp_var
+  let temp_var=indent(line("."))
+  while indent(line(".")-1) &gt;= temp_var
- exe "normal h"
+    exe "normal k"
- endwhile
+  endwhile
- exe "normal V"
+  exe "normal V"
- while indent(line(".")+1) &gt;= temp_var
+  while indent(line(".")+1) &gt;= temp_var
- exe "normal j"
+    exe "normal j"
- endwhile
+  endwhile
 endfun
 nmap &lt;space&gt; :call SelectIndent()&lt;cr&gt;
+</pre>
-spaceman--AT--foo.at
-, October 9, 2005 4:24
 ----
-Actually it should be "normal k" and not "normal h".
-h is left but k is up.
-'''Anonymous'''
-, October 16, 2005 1:45
-----
-Interesting; I might try it.
 Currently, I just set foldmethod=indent and select the folded area.
-Eric
-, October 27, 2005 12:10
-----
-you made python bearable for an old lady like me.
-bless you son.
-Jackie
-, June 24, 2006 22:52
 ----
-<!-- parsed by vimtips.py in 0.852093  seconds-->