Re: How to re-indent text according to type

On 2020-10-10, L A Walsh wrote:
> Sometimes, I get some unformatted text, like HTML or XML that has all
> the newlines removed.
>
> To make it easier to read, I'll sometimes add newlines and pair
> up adjacent tags, using something like:
>
> :%s/>/>^M/g
> :%s/<\([^>]\+\)>\n\([^>]\+\)<\/\1>/<\1>\2<\\\1>
>
> But then I have an unindented file like:
>
> <taga>
> <line>
> <tagb>xxx</tagb>
> <tagc>yyy</tagc>
> </line>
> </taga>
>
> Where if I had typed it in by hand, with auto indent and syntax set, I'd
> get:
>
> <taga>
> <line>
> <tagb>xxx</tagb>
> <tagc>yyy</tagc>
> </line>
> </taga>
>
> ----
> To get the above, for very short examples, I can just
> join 1+2nd line, then hit enter with cursor before "<line>", join nxt lines
> and hit enter and so on.
>
> A __kludgy__ way for longer methods is to put the original in a file,
> then in a non-paste aware TTY running vim, I can put all of the code
> in my cut buffer, and paste it into the TTY window. It then acts like
> it would if I'd typed it in, as it is unaware of the paste-mode (play
> with paste/nopaste mode).
>
> How can I just reformat the file as if I'd just typed it all in by hand
> without making use of a TTY window running vim and pasting all the text?
>
> Is there a format-type command as there is for text, where I can set
> 'tw' (:set tw=72), select a paragraph or whole page, and use:
>
> :gqap to reflow the text.
>
> Thanks MUCH, if there is an easy command to do this!

I don't know of a way to do that with one command, but I usually do
the newline insertion much as you do, then execute the following
normal-mode command.

gg=G

See

:help =

You might also search the web for HTML Tidy. I think it will
reformat an HTML file.

Regards,
Gary

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