Question

When I format a PHP file in vim it’s ok, but when I format a Ruby file, VIM format code bad.

For example:

class PostsController < ApplicationController

                skip_before_filter :authorize, :only => [ :index, :show ]

  def index
        @posts = Post.all
     end

  def show
    @post = Post.find(:first, :conditions => [ "id = ?", params[:id]], :include => [ :user, :category, :gallery ])
                  @photos = Photo.where(:gallery_id => @post.gallery.id).all
      end
   end

When I enter the command gg=G, I get.

class PostsController < ApplicationController

skip_before_filter :authorize, :only => [ :index, :show ]

def index
@posts = Post.all
end

def show
@post = Post.find(:first, :conditions => [ "id = ?", params[:id]], :include => [ :user, :category, :gallery ])
@photos = Photo.where(:gallery_id => @post.gallery.id).all
end
end

Please help me.

Answer 1

To get Ruby indenting working you need to provide indenting configuration. Vim itself is not able to indent Ruby code, you could set the indentexpr variable to some similar language (like basic), but you wont be happy with results. Check your smartindent and indentexpr variables:

:set si?
:set indentexpr?

In my case they are set:

nosmartindent
indentexpr=GetRubyIndent()

The best way to configure vim for ruby is to use vim-ruby plugin: https://github.com/vim-ruby/vim-ruby