created by

Hari Krishna Dara

script type

utility

description

Description:   This plugin provides the ability to enter tabular data quickly in two   different ways:       - Set explicit stops at the columns.       - Enter a sample row and have the stops inferred from it.   The plugin provides a visual editor such that you can set explicit stops   with ease. The stops can be toggled using a mouse or keyboard. You can   toggle the plugin functionality on and off at the buffer or global   level. Usage:   - Use :STTgl to toggle using tabstops. This maps/unmaps <Tab> and <BS>.     When buffer-local tabs are enabled (the default), the maps are made     local to the current buffer, otherwise, the maps are global.   - Use :STEdit[!] to bring up an editor for setting explicit tab stops (or     to just view them). You would see three lines, two with numbers to guide     the column number and another to show the current tab stops. To toggle     stop at a any column, move cursor to the column and push spacebar or     directly click left mouse button. To save changes at the end, use :wq     command (or just :w, to leave the window open). You can press "q" to     quit when no changes have been made. When buffer-local tabs have been     enabled (the default), use bang to edit the global tabstops.   - Use STReset to reset the tabstops to one every 8 columns (or whatever     'tabstop' is set to), or STClear to clear all of them.   - By default the stops are lcoal to a buffer     (g:softtabstops_local_to_buffer setting is set). This helps to localize     the stops and maps to the current buffer of interest, but as a result     are not shared across buffers. The tabstops will be stored as a list of     columns in the buffer local variable called "b:softtabstops". To have     same set of stops for all buffers reset this setting and have the stops     stored in the global variable "g:softtabstops".   - You can manipulate softtabstops in any of these ways:       - directly, by using the Vim's |List| functions. You can even clone         (using |copy()| function) the global "g:softtabstops" to the buffer         local variable "b:softtabstops"       - using plugin commands :STAddTab, :STRemoveTab, :STReset and :STClear       - using visual editor started by :STEdit command   - When softtabstops is toggled on and off, the plugin doesn't try to     restore any prior maps for <Tab> and <BS>, this is because Vim doesn't     provide any means to capture a map completely. If the experimental     g:softtabstops_restore_original_map option is turned on the plugin     attempts to capture the maps by parsing the :map command output and the     maparg() result, but this method is very limited, and will not work for     many scenarios. If you have have your own insert mode mappings for <Tab>     and <BS> or use a plugin that defines them, make sure this plugin     doesn't conflict with them. Settings:   - g:softtabstops_local_to_buffer (default: 1). Set to 0 to make tabstops     shared globally by all buffers. This also makes :STTgl create global     maps.   - g:softtabstops_repeat_last_stop (default: 0). When set to 1, the plugin     repeats the entire sequence of tabstops when it needs to extend them.   - g:softtabstops_align_line_with_editor (default: 1): Set to 0 to avoid     repositioning the current line when the tab editor is opened.   - g:softtabstops_infer_tabstops (default: 1). Set to 0, if you don't want     the plugin to infer the tabstops based on the previous lines, when no     explicit tabstops are set (or existing ones are cleared using :STClear)   - g:softtabstops_infer_imm_nonblank_only (default: 1). Set to 0, if you     want the tabstops to be inferred from the previous line, only when there     are no blank lines between them.   - g:softtabstops_editor_guide_start_num (default: 0). Controls the column     number sequence in the tab editor. Should be between 0 to 9.   - g:softtabstops_editor_guide_end_num (default: 9). Controls the column     number sequence in the tab editor. Should be between 0 to 9 and greater     than g:softtabstops_editor_guide_start_num.   - g:softtabstops_restore_original_map (default: 0). Set to 1 to enable the     experimental feature to save and restore maps while toggling on and off. Limitations:   - Can only insert all spaces, not a mix of tabs and spaces.

install details

Unzip the file into your runtime. Also make sure the latest version of genutils (vimscript #197) is installed.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
softtabstops-1.0.zip	1.0	2009-10-02	7.0	Hari Krishna Dara	Initial upload

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