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 (or even better) for the 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<cr>
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

With visual map	Description	Equivalent command
<Enter>=	Alignment around 1st equals sign (and the likes)	:'<,'>LesserAlign =
<Enter>2=	Alignment around 2nd equals sign (and the likes)	:'<,'>LesserAlign 2=
<Enter>3=	Alignment around 3rd equals sign (and the likes)	:'<,'>LesserAlign 3=
<Enter>*=	Alignment around all equals signs (and the likes)	:'<,'>LesserAlign *=
<Enter><space>	Alignment around 1st whitespace	:'<,'>LesserAlign \
<Enter>2<space>	Alignment around 2nd whitespace	:'<,'>LesserAlign 2\
<Enter>:	Alignment around 1st colon	:'<,'>LesserAlign :
...	...

Defining custom alignment rules

Define (or override) alignment rules.

let g:lesser_align_delimiters = {
\ 'x': {
\     'pattern':       '[xX]',
\     'margin_left':   ' <<<',
\     'margin_right':  '>>> ',
\     'stick_to_left': 0
\   }
\ }

Demo

Screencast

Author

Junegunn Choi