Lion.vim is a tool for aligning text by some character. It defines some Vim operators that can be used with motion commands to align a targetted block of text.
The two operators are gl and gL. gl will add spaces to the left of
the alignment character, and gL will add spaces to the right. Both
operators accept a count, a motion, and a single character.
For example, glip= will turn
$i = 5;
$username = 'tommcdo';
$stuff = array(1, 2, 3);
into
$i = 5;
$username = 'tommcdo';
$stuff = array(1, 2, 3);
Typing 3gLi(, with the cursor somewhere inside ( and ) will turn
$names = array(
'bill', 'samantha', 'ray', 'ronald',
'mo', 'harry', 'susan', 'ted',
'timothy', 'bob', 'wolverine', 'cat',
'lion', 'alfred', 'batman', 'linus',
);
into
$names = array(
'bill', 'samantha', 'ray', 'ronald',
'mo', 'harry', 'susan', 'ted',
'timothy', 'bob', 'wolverine', 'cat',
'lion', 'alfred', 'batman', 'linus',
);
It is also possible to align text by a pattern. To enter a pattern, use / as
the alignment character (e.g. glip/) and then you will be prompted to input
the pattern. To align by /, simply leave the pattern empty (by pressing
Enter).
If you don't have a preferred installation method, I recommend installing pathogen.vim, and then simply copy and paste:
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/tommcdo/vim-lion.git
Once help tags have been generated, you can view the manual with
:help lion.