carl@mugwump.EBay.Sun.COM (Carl Johnson - Sun EHQ - MIS) (02/07/91)
Greetings, I dont think this got out the first time, my apologies if you've seen this already. In vi what I want to do is align certain characters into the same column. For instance :- /*codecodecodecodecode */ /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ some command like :1,$s/\/\*/>>\/\*/ ?? would end up aligned so :- /*codecodecodecodecode */ /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ Cheers, Carl.
carl@mugwump.EBay.Sun.COM (Carl Johnson - Sun EHQ - MIS) (02/07/91)
Greetings,
>>carl@mugwump.male.ebay.sun.com.
I dont know where it got this address from but it aint mine.
If you want to reply via mail the address is carl.johnson@uk.sun.com.
Cheers,
Carl.abed@saturn.wustl.edu (Abed M. Hammoud) (02/07/91)
In article <4869@male.EBay.Sun.COM> carl@mugwump.EBay.Sun.COM (Carl Johnson - Sun EHQ - MIS) writes: >Greetings, > >>carl@mugwump.male.ebay.sun.com. > I dont know where it got this address from but it aint mine. > If you want to reply via mail the address is carl.johnson@uk.sun.com. >Cheers, >Carl. Could you please post a summery when you figure out the solution. thanks -------------------------------------------------------------- | Abed M. Hammoud abed@saturn.wustl.edu| | Washington University. office:(314)726-7547 | | Electronic Systems & Signals Research Laboratory. | | Dept. of Electrical/Biomedical Engineering. | | St.Louis Mo U.S.A | --------------------------------------------------------------
wyle@iiic.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) (02/09/91)
In article <4868@male.EBay.Sun.COM> The manager of information systems for Sun Microsystems' Eastern Headquarters, Carl Johnson, with e-mail address: carl@mugwump.EBay.Sun.COM tells us: > In vi what I want to do is align certain characters into the same > column. For instance :- > /*codecodecodecodecode */ > /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ > /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ > some command like :1,$s/\/\*/>>\/\*/ ?? > would end up aligned so :- > /*codecodecodecodecode */ > /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ > /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ > Use indent(1), Carl. Indent does it better than vi macros. Set up a file ~/.indentpro and send all your coders' code through indent. Read your MAN PAGES for the program cb (C beautifier). It tells us to use indent. When my students deliver code formatted in a style I don't like, I use indent. When I write block comments, I usually do something like: /* comments lots of code or comments */ But then again, "De gustebus non est disputandem."
javey@hybrid.UUCP (shahram javey) (02/12/91)
In article <24231@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> wyle@iiic.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) writes: >In article <4868@male.EBay.Sun.COM> The manager of information systems >for Sun Microsystems' Eastern Headquarters, Carl Johnson, with e-mail >address: carl@mugwump.EBay.Sun.COM tells us: > >> In vi what I want to do is align certain characters into the same >> column. For instance :- >> /*codecodecodecodecode */ >> /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ >> /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ >> some command like :1,$s/\/\*/>>\/\*/ ?? >> would end up aligned so :- >> /*codecodecodecodecode */ >> /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodeco */ >> /*codecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecodecode */ >> I cannot get the above to work. What is the magic component? How can replacing /* by /*>> align comments? I hope someone explains the above. > >Use indent(1), Carl. > >Indent does it better than vi macros. > I don't have access to indent. I use vi on my DOS machine (please don't tell me to change my OS. DOS plus MKS took-kit is all I can handle). cheers...shahram javey
wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) (02/12/91)
In <1991Feb12.015036.8245@hybrid.UUCP> javey@hybrid.UUCP (shahram javey) says: >I don't have access to indent. I use vi on my DOS machine (please don't tell >me to change my OS. DOS plus MKS took-kit is all I can handle). In the simtel20 dos archives, I found the following entries under "C" INDENT.ARC 37k 26.02.89 Indents 'C' programs (EXE and DOC, no source) INDENTSR.ARC 62k 06.01.90 Indents 'C' programs (C source only, no EXE) PPC.ARC 15k 02.10.88 'Pretty Printer' for 'C' language sources There are plenty of simtel20 mirror systems around if you can't ftp directly. I repeat: Use indent(1), Shahram! ;-) -Mitch
mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Mark Dobie) (02/13/91)
In <24593@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) writes: >In <1991Feb12.015036.8245@hybrid.UUCP> >javey@hybrid.UUCP (shahram javey) says: >>I don't have access to indent. I use vi on my DOS machine (please don't tell >>me to change my OS. DOS plus MKS took-kit is all I can handle). >In the simtel20 dos archives, I found the following entries under "C" >INDENT.ARC 37k 26.02.89 Indents 'C' programs (EXE and DOC, no source) >INDENTSR.ARC 62k 06.01.90 Indents 'C' programs (C source only, no EXE) >PPC.ARC 15k 02.10.88 'Pretty Printer' for 'C' language sources >There are plenty of simtel20 mirror systems around if you can't ftp directly. Indent is also available as part of the GNUish MSDOS project. >I repeat: >Use indent(1), Shahram! ;-) Don't you think this is a sledgehammer to crack a nut? As I understand, all that is needed is a quick way of formatting block comments. I'm sure the rest of the code is fine. I would only use indent to reformat other code which I couldn't read (eg Sun examples). Using indent on my own code would be like implicitly accepting the suggestions of a spelling checker on my writing - I would constantly be correcting after it. Anyway, I am sure block comments are used in other languages apart from C, maybe for tables too, so a general method for lining things up on the right in vi would be useful. Having said that, I have nothing to offer (yet) and I agree that indent(1) is the quick solution, but keep an eye on the rest of your code ;-). Mark. -- Mark Dobie M.Dobie@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) University of Southampton M.Dobie@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet)
lewis@tramp.colorado.edu (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR) (02/17/91)
My friend Carl Brandauer of Daemon Associates (attmail!bdaemon!carl or ....!stcvax!bdaemon!carl) suggests the following vi map! command for aligning end of comment markers: map! ^[OQ ^[80a ^[72^V|C*/^M In this example PF2 on a VT100 is used for the command which must be entered like: ^V<ESC>80a ^V<ESC>72^V^V|C*/^V<RETURN> The logic is simple: 1. Enter command mode 2. Append 80 spaces 3. Move to column 72 4. Change to end of line with */ and new-line The trick is that the pipe symbol must be preceded by two ^V's.