plugins - Align text on an equals sign in vim

Question

I tend to align code on equal signs for better readability. From this:

$ = jQuery.sub()
Survey = App.Survey
Sidebar = App.Sidebar
Main = App.Main

To this:

$       = jQuery.sub()
Survey  = App.Survey
Sidebar = App.Sidebar
Main    = App.Main

Is there an easy way to do this in vim?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8964953/align-text-on-an-equals-sign-in-vim

Answer 1

The best plugin I found so far is Tabular.vim.

Easiest way to install it is by using the Pathogen plugin, and then cloning the Tabular git repository to ~/.vim/bundle/tabular. Full instructions in the Pathogen README.

After it's installed, using it is just a matter of putting your cursor somewhere in the paragraph you want to align and running:

:Tab /=