Visual selection of indent block

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created 2005 · complexity basic · author Robert Schols · version 5.7

This command will make a visual selection of the lines that have the same indent level or more as the current line.

:exe "normal V" | let temp_var=indent(line(".")) | while indent(line(".")+1) >= temp_var | exe "normal j" | endwhile

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A slight modification, to select the area above the cursor position as well, and the whole thing wrapped in a function (and nmapped to <Space>):

function! SelectIndent ()
  let temp_var=indent(line("."))
  while indent(line(".")-1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal k"
  endwhile
  exe "normal V"
  while indent(line(".")+1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal j"
  endwhile
endfun
nmap <Space> :call SelectIndent()<CR>

Currently, I just :set foldmethod=indent and select the folded area.

I believe this function might be better.

function SelectIndent()
  let cur_line = line(".")
  let cur_ind = indent(cur_line)
  let line = cur_line
  while indent(line - 1) >= cur_ind
    let line = line - 1
  endw
  exe "normal " . line . "G"
  exe "normal V"
  let line = cur_line
  while indent(line + 1) >= cur_ind
    let line = line + 1
  endw
  exe "normal " . line . "G"
endfunction
nnoremap vip :call SelectIndent()<CR>

--February 23, 2013

Thanks, but any chance of mentioning why it is better? JohnBeckett (talk) 23:42, February 23, 2013 (UTC)