Re: vim autoformat ?

> I can't wrap my head around Vim autoformat at all.
> I want to have autoformat on save feature.
> I don't want it to have delays, so when i press `:w` it immediatelly saves
> and formats indentation properly.
>
> I have no idea what is going on in (neo)Vim discussions about this
> autoformating. Looks like those people never coded in their life, and never
> do any useful thing with their godly configs other than to brag.
>
> Using Vim feature `gg=G` i format and indent whole file.
> This is what I want to have, but discussions related to this are so
> complicated. They just say 'look at my config', but I have no idea, what is
> that I should look into his config, or just copying his whole config with a
> lot of bloat.
>
> Please help.

To get you started:

au FileType pascal au BufWritePre <buffer> * normal gg=G

This will add a BufWritePre autocommand to a buffer where 'filetype' is
set to "pascal". You probably want to ehance this. E.g. add an augroup,
so you can delete the autocommand again.

Although this is what you asked for, you probably soon find out that
formatting text only when editing it works better. Formatting the whole
file may mess things up without you noticing.

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