I have a JavaScript code written as a one long line and I want to re-format that so that each statement is written in one line. Is that possible using Vim? I tried the gqq and == commands and they didn’t work.
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I have a JavaScript code written as a one long line and I want to re-format that so that each statement is written in one line. Is that possible using Vim? I tried the gqq and == commands and they didn’t work.
It will probably be easier to reformat using regexp first :
:%s/;/;\r/gc:%s/}/}\r/gc:%s/{/{\r/gcetc
to insert line return after ; or { }.
(if you are confident enough or the file is to long, do not use
cit will ask for a confirmation for each match)Once your file is split on different lines, you can use
gg=Gto get the correct indentation.As far as I know it is not possible to split a line on multiple lines with either gq or =