I'm writing C code using vim and are searching for a possibility to right-align my comments so that they all end at col 80. To give a short example:
int a = 80; /* initialize a */
int b = 7; /* initialize b */
printf("%d + %d = %d", a, b, a+b); /*calculate the result */
should turn into
int a = 80; /* initialize a */
int b = 7; /* initialize b */
printf("%d + %d = %d", a, b, a+b); /*calculate the result */
^col 80
I have installed vim-easy-align
to do other formattings but did not find out yet how to perform this alignment. Maybe someone knows how?
I do not insist on vim-easy-align
. If you have another plugin that does the job.. Just tell me ;).
Best Answer
Here is how to do it with plain vim commands, no plugins used:
In normal mode, place your cursor at the first character of the string you want to right-align, like the comment delimiter, and then press leader then tab to right align the text.
With explainations:
To mark multiple comments, you can search the next occurence of a comment delimiter and press leadertabnleadertabnleadertabn...