> On 30/07/10 03:55, Lev Lvovsky wrote:
> > So an emacs-using co-worker was surprised when he found out that *I* 
> > didn't know how to do this (taking it to mean that vim didn't):
> > 
> > If I'm given a perl script (I'm using this as an example since it's 
> > an especially tricky thing to parse from what I understand), and 
> > it's not at all indented, can perl automatically indent it for me?  
> > Ideally, this would include things like datastructures, but it seems 
> > in my attempts, that that's where parsing/indenting fails.
> > 
> > I'm using the '=' command for indentation.
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > -lev
> > 
> 
> Well, if you're using = for indentation, then what about gg=G (gg:move 
> to line 1; ={motion}: indent whatever the cursor moves over; G:move to 
> last line)?
> 
> I don't use Perl, but I suppose that you have "filetype plugin indent 
> on" in your vimrc (or that it sources the vimrc_example.vim), and that 
> the Perl indent script sets the right options for = to work.
> 
Until they get updated in Vim proper, it's probably also worth your time 
to download the updated Perl syntax/ftplugin/indent scripts from:
http://github.com/petdance/vim-perl
With those versions, Perl indenting is reasonable.  Without them, stock 
Vim 7.2's ft=perl doesn't even handle simple conditionals very well.
-- 
Best,
Ben
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