Re: HI Can VIM format a flat file to its fields using a record layout (cobol) ?

Zvika Dvir wrote:
> HI
>
> In IBM the are tools to map a file according to a given structure
> (File Aid).
>
> I ask if Vim has thus feature ?
>
>
Since I haven't used an IBM machine in decades, I don't really know what
"mapping a file to a given structure" means in detail. However, one can
align things with plugins and patterns (see
http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html/#ALIGN).

So, if aligning is what you want -- do one or more substitutes to put an
alignment character of some sort in between the fields you want, then
run align on that character. Finally, remove that character.

Chip Campbell

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