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# VIM Table Mode
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An awesome automatic table creator & formatter allowing one to create neat
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tables as you type.
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## Change Log
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See <a
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href="https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md">
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CHANGELOG.md </a>
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## Getting Started
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### Installation
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There are 2 ways to do this
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1. I recommend installing <a
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href="https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen">pathogen.vim</a> and then
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adding a git submodule for your plugin:
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```sh
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$ cd ~/.vim
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$ git submodule add git@github.com:dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode.git bundle/table-mode
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```
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2. Copy autoload/todomode.vim, plugin/todo-mode.vim, doc/todo-mode.txt to
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respective ~/.vim/autoload/, ~/.vim/plugin and ~/.vim/doc under UNIX or
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vimfiles/autoload/, vimfiles/plugin/ and vimfiles/doc under WINDOWS and
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restart VIM
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### Requirements
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Depends on <a href="https://github.com/godlygeek/tabular">Tabular</a>. Make
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sure Tabular is installed and loaded into your runtime to ensure this works.
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### Usage
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- On the fly table creation :
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By default the table column separator is '|' (it can be changed). As soon as
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you type it on a new line (ignores indentation) the script gets to work on
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creating a table around it. As you type and define more columns, the table
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is completed, formatted and aligned automatically on the fly.
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Since this could lead to unwanted behavior I have disabled table mode by
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default. You would have to use `:TableModeToggle` command or the table mode
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toggle mapping, which is `<Leader>tm` by default to toggle the table mode or
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you can directly use `:TableModeEnable` and `:TableModeDisable` to enable or
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disable the table mode. This is on a per buffer basis and so it does not
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cause any unusual behavior unless enabled explicitly. Please read `:h
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table-mode` for further information.
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- Format existing content into a table :
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Table Mode wouldn't justify it's name if it didn't allow formatting
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existing content into a table. And it does as promised. Like table creation
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on the fly as you type, formatting existing content into a table is equally
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simple. You can visually select multiple lines and call `:Tableize` on it, or
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alternatively use the mapping `<Leader>T` (this is configurable). `:Tableize`
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accepts a range and so you can also call it by giving lines manually like
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`:line1,line2Tableize`, but this is not that intuitive. You can also use
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the mapping `<Leader>T` with a `[count]` to apply it to the next `[count]`
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lines in usual vim style.
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### Demo
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK2IH1hiDkw"><img
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src="https://raw.github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode/master/youtube.png"/></a>
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## Contributing
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### Reporting an Issue :
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- Use <a href="https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode/issues">Github
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Issue Tracker</a>
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### Contributing to code :
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- Fork it.
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- Commit your changes and give your commit message some love.
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- Push to your fork on github.
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- Open a Pull Request.
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## Credit
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I must thank Tim Pope for inspiration. The initial concept was created by him
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named <a href="https://gist.github.com/tpope/287147">cucumbertables.vim</a>.
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Also a shout out to godlygeek who developed the incredible <a
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href="http://github.com/godlygeek/tabular">Tabular</a> plugin which does most
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of the grunt work behind the scenes.
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