> One problem I have is that the >> indent in normal mode doesn't work > when a line starts with the # character. Any idea what I'm doing > wrong?
In short, ">>" *does* indent in normal mode (I presume you accurately mean "Normal" mode, rather than "Insert" mode). The question becomes why doesn't it work in your particular copy of Vim? To evidence this, start vim with vim -u NONE myfile.py (which bypasses startup files) and you'll see that >> does indeed shift commented lines. To track down the problem, you'll need to provide a little more info. Starting Vim the way you normally do, pointed at a problematic python file, what is the output of :scriptnames What mappings do you have defined: :nmap (particularly any mappings for ">" and its kin). What are your filetype settings: :filetype What are your settings for 'indentkeys', 'indentexpr', 'shiftwidth', 'tabstop', 'expandtab' and 'filetype' :set indentkeys? indentexpr? sw? ts? et? ft? Which version of Vim are you using: :version Hopefully some of those will point you at the problem child. Otherwise, drop by the Vim mailing list and there are a lot of other smart cookies there that may have other ideas. -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
