Tim Chase wrote: >> 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?
:set cindent? Having this set (in the absence of anything else) will replicate the behavior for me (vim 7.1 OS X). :filetype plugin on :filetype indent on Fixes it. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
