Indent Code using Indentation commands

How to Indent Code in Vim Editor (3 Ways)

Vim gives us different options or methods to control the indentations present in a file that is being edited using the Vim editor. Let’s look at different methods and their examples of how we can indent code in vim....

Method 1: Indent Code using Manual Indentation

Manual indentation in Vim involves pressing keystrokes to apply indentation manually to each line in the file. We press the “>>” command in the view mode to indent a line, and “<<“ to de-indent, or remove the indentation from the line....

Method 2: Auto Indent Code using Automatic Indentation

We can also auto-adjust the indentation settings inside the vim editor, so that every new line added is indented automatically, without the need of pressing any manual additional keystrokes. We can do this by performing the following steps:...

Method 3: Indent Code using Indentation commands

Vim also gives us some indentation commands, like “==” or “=G” to indent specific lines or the end of file....

Conclusion

We learned how to format and indent code in vim code editor. Code formatting and indentation is necessary to make the code more readable and maintainable. Vim editor gives us various options to indent our code, from manual editing the code using “>>” or “==”, to automatically editing the code using “:set autoindent” command, or indenting multiples lines at once using the “>” keystroke in the view mode....

Auto Indent Code in Vim Editor – FAQs

How to Auto Indent Multiple Lines in Vim Editor?...