created by

Michael Geddes

script type

utility

description

There are many different arguments about tabs and stuff.  My current personal preference is a choice of tabbing that is independent of anybody's viewing settings.   For the beginning of the line, this means we can use <tabs> which will expand whatever the reader wants it to.  Trying to line up tabs at the end of the line is a little trickier, and making a few assumptions, my preference is to use spaces there. This script allows you to use your normal tab settings for the beginning of the line, and have tabs expanded as spaces anywhere else.  This effectively distinguishes 'indent' from 'alignment'.   <tab>  Uses editor tab settings to insert a tab at the beginning of the line (before the first non-space character), and inserts spaces otherwise. <BS>  Uses editor tab settings to delete tabs or 'expanded' tabs ala smarttab :RetabIndent[!] [tabstop]     This is similar to the :retab command, with the exception that it  affects all and only whitespace at the start of the line, changing it to suit your current (or new) tabstop and expandtab setting.  With the bang (!) at the end, the command also strips trailing  whitespace. CAUTION: After 1.1, this is no longer a filetype plugin by default ( set g:ctab_filetype_maps=1 to override) Using spaces for alignment of code under unmatched brackets is now supported.

install details

Pre 1.1:  Use as an ftplugin, especially for c, cpp, idl files.  By this, I mean place the script in (say) the macros directory, and then source it from a ftplugin for c, cpp or idl (~/.vim/ftplugin/c.vim). >= 1.1 :  Use as a general plugin.  (Doesn't include <m-;> mappings)

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
ctab.vim	2.6	2011-02-08	7.0	Michael Geddes	Fix issue with alignment not disappearing
ctab.vim	2.5	2010-10-30	7.0	Michael Geddes	Fixes an issue with aligning when pressing <CR>
ctab.vim	2.4	2010-08-23	7.0	Michael Geddes	Bugfix
ctab.vim	2.3	2010-03-03	6.0	Michael Geddes	- Fix (Gene Smith) for error with non C files - Add option for filetype maps - Allow for lisp indentation
ctab.vim	2.1	2009-06-04	6.0	Michael Geddes	Small fix to equal operation
ctab.vim	2.0	2009-06-03	6.0	Michael Geddes	Added support (after many requests) for using tabs to expand alignment for mismatched brackets etc.
ctab.vim	1.4.1	2005-10-11	6.0	Michael Geddes	Changed to unix fileformat (thanks Peter)
ctab.vim	1.4	2003-12-15	6.0	Michael Geddes	Fixed Backspace tab being off by 1
ctab.vim	1.3	2003-12-09	6.0	Michael Geddes	1.1: - Added support for backspacing over spaced tabs \\'smarttab\\' style      - Clean up the look of it by blanking the :call      - No longer a \\'filetype\\' plugin by default. 1.2: - Interactions with \\'smarttab\\' were causing problems. Now fall back to        vim\\'s \\'smarttab\\' setting when inserting \\'indent\\' tabs.      - Fixed compat with digraphs (which were getting swallowed)      - Made <BS> mapping work with the \\'filetype\\' plugin mode.      - Make CTabAlignTo() public. 1.3: - Fix removing trailing spaces with RetabIndent! which was causing        initial indents to disappear.
ctab.vim	1.0	2003-12-07	6.0	Michael Geddes	Added RetabIndent command - similar to :retab, but doesn't cause internal tabs to be modified.
ctab.vim	0.1	2002-02-25	6.0	Michael Geddes	Initial upload

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