Re: How are you editing HTML?

On 2013-06-02 19:48, Steve Litt wrote:
> For one thing, as I type my HTML, it goes into the file as a
> jumble, with inconsistent indentation and no blank line before
> <h1>, <h2> etc headers. Tables aren't sectioned off with
> whitespace.

This sounds a bit like the old joke

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this
Doctor: Well, don't do that

I don't want to give you too much grief, as for your sake it would be
nice to have your editor meet you where you are. That said, I find
it much easier to create consistent documents from the start.

> Is there a way to get Vim's indentation better and more
> consistent? If not, is there a program to reformat HTML for easier
> editing?

One of the most common is "tidy" (or "html-tidy") which is available
on most *nix systems. On my Debian system, it's just a

apt-get install tidy{,-doc}

to install it, along with its documentation. It should be as simple
as using

:%!tidy

If you don't like the default behavior, there are lots of knobs &
dials you can twiddle to get closer to what you want.

-tim





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