Re: aligning comments; struggle with determination whether quote is part of command or not

> i want to align all those vim comments, which are not the first
> non-whitespace character on the line and also not part of an command, etc.
>
> Example:
>
> " aligns all quotes which are not the first character at the beginning of
> the line
> nnoremap <Leader>a1 :Tabularize /^\@<!" <CR>
> nnoremap <Leader>a2 :Tabularize /\(^\s*\)\@<!" <CR>
>
>
> => should not match, because the comment is alone on the first line and the
> second and third quote are part of the command
>
>
> Plug 'flazz/vim-colorschemes' " Vim colorschemes
>
> => should match, the comment has non-whitespace characters before it.
>
>
> trying
> ====
> :Tabularize /\(^\s*\)\@<! "
>
> Orginal: http://ur1.ca/nh1ac
> result: http://ur1.ca/nh1as
>
>
> Orginal: (first example)
> result: http://ur1.ca/nh1c2
>
>
> in short:
> ======
> how can i "parse" vim scripts in a regex, to determine, if the actual
> matched quote is part of a command or a comment?

Try this pattern (replace "othercommandshere" by, well, other
commands):

\(\(\(nnoremap\|nmap\|othercommandshere\).*\)\|^\s*\)\@<!"

or in very magic form

\v(((nnoremap|nmap).*)|^\s*)@<!"

There might be a simpler/more robust solution but that just off my
head.

Best,
Paul

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