tabularize

Rakefile

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ task :base do
   system("git clone git://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim.git bundle/ack")
   system("git clone git://github.com/edsono/vim-matchit.git bundle/matchid")
   system("git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-markdown.git bundle/markdown")
+
+  # http://vimcasts.org/episodes/aligning-text-with-tabular-vim/
+  system("git clone git://github.com/godlygeek/tabular.git bundle/tabular")
 end
 
 desc "Performs git plugins installation"
@@ -73,4 +76,3 @@ end
 
 desc "=> base"
 task :default => [:base, :git, :rails]
-

doc/tips.md

@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4275209/how-to-insert-erb-tags-with-vim
 beg*
 case*
 def*
+defs*
 if*
 ife*
 unless*

vimrc

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 " \t - open a new tab
 " \j - enable disable JavaScript validation
 " ctrl left/right arrow - to move between tabs
+" #t<enter> to expand to Then show me the page. Note hit enter after #t
 "
 " Formatting
 " ruby code: Go to the top of the page then =shiftg
@@ -160,3 +161,21 @@ let jslint_command_options = '-conf "/Users/nsingh/dev/vim/jsl-0.3.0-mac/jsl.def
 "ensure that all aliases also work in mvim command prompt
 " http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4642822/vim-is-not-obeying-command-aliases
 set shell=/bin/bash\ -i
+
+" #t<enter> to expand to Then show me the page. Note hit enter after #t
+:ab #t Then show me the page
+
+" http://vimcasts.org/episodes/aligning-text-with-tabular-vim/
+inoremap <silent> <Bar>   <Bar><Esc>:call <SID>align()<CR>a
+function! s:align()
+  let p = '^\s*|\s.*\s|\s*$'
+  if exists(':Tabularize') && getline('.') =~# '^\s*|' && (getline(line('.')-1) =~# p || getline(line('.')+1) =~# p)
+    let column = strlen(substitute(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'[^|]','','g'))
+    let position = strlen(matchstr(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'.*|\s*\zs.*'))
+    Tabularize/|/l1
+    normal! 0
+    call search(repeat('[^|]*|',column).'\s\{-\}'.repeat('.',position),'ce',line('.'))
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+