vim-lesser-align

Yet another Vim alignment plugin without too much ambition.

This plugin clearly has less features than the other pre-existing ones with the similar goals, but it is simpler, easier to use, and good enough for most of the cases.

Usage

Vim-lesser-align defines LesserAlign command in the visual mode.

For convenience, it is advised that you define a mapping for triggering it in your .vimrc.

vnoremap <silent> <Enter> :LesserAlign<cr>

Then a key sequence becomes a combination of 3 parts.

1. <Enter>
   • Shortcut for :LesserAssign<Enter>
2. Integer (optional, default: 1)
   • 1: Alignment around 1st delimiter
   • 2: Alignment around 2nd delimiter
   • ...
   • *: Alignment around all delimiters (tabularize)
3. Delimiter
   • =: Operators containing equals sign (=, ==, !=, +=, &&=, ...)
   • <space>
   • :
   • ,
   • |

Examples

Keystroke	Description
<Enter>=	Alignment around 1st equals sign (and the likes)
<Enter>2=	Alignment around 2nd equals sign (and the likes)
<Enter>3=	Alignment around 3rd equals sign (and the likes)
<Enter>*=	Alignment around all equals signs (and the likes)
<Enter><space>	Alignment around 1st whitespace
<Enter>2<space>	Alignment around 2nd whitespace
<Enter>:	Alignment around 1st colon
...	...

Demo

Screencast

Author

Junegunn Choi