Adding allign to comments

[petermlm]

I was wondering if the plugin could be extended by adding alignment to comments. Like in the following python code:

var1 = 10 # This is a variable
var2 = 1000 # This is another variable

Which would produce:

var1 = 10   # This is a variable
var2 = 1000 # This is another variable

Also, for comment using /**/. Like

/*
* This is a comentary
*/

Which would became

/*
 * This is a comentary
 */

[junegunn]

Both cases are possible.

For the first case, <Enter>-<Space> will do the trick. Spaces in the comments are ignored, so it matches the spaces just before #. The detailed explanation can be found here: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-easy-align/blob/master/EXAMPLES.md#aligning-in-line-comments

The second one is a little tricky, you have to understand some alignment options. Without a custom alignment rule, it can be done with the following command:

EasyAlign/*/\?/l0r0ig[]dl

• */\? Using regular expression:
• l0 Left margin: 0
• r0 Right margin: 0
• ig[] Do not ignore delimiters in strings or comments
• dl Delimiters are aligned to the left

Longer form may be easier to read:

EasyAlign /*/\?/ { 'left_margin': 0, 'right_margin': 0, 'ignore_groups': [], 'delimiter_align': 'l' }

This can be also done in interactive mode

• <Enter> Start interactive mode
• <Down> Set margins to zero
• <CTRL-G> Empty ignore_groups option
• <CTRL-D> Set delimiter_align option to left
• <CTRL-X> and input regular expression

If you do this often, you might want to a define custom alignment rule as follows:

let g:easy_align_delimiters = {
\ '/': { 'pattern': '*/\?', 'ignore_groups': [], 'delimiter_align': 'l', 'left_margin': 0, 'right_margin': 0 }
\ }

Then you can do it with a single keystroke: /

Does this answer your question?

[petermlm]

Yes. Yes it does. Thank you very much!

[junegunn]

Good to hear that. Feel free to ask me if you have any question. Thanks!