From: "gsinclair@..." <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2005-05-24T08:30:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Vim's Ruby indenting

Brian Schr�der wrote:
>
> I like this kind of code.
>
> a = case b
>    when 1: 10
>    when 2: 20
>    else 50
>    end
>
> makes it clear that something is assigned to a. While
>
> case b
> when 1: a = 10
> when 2: a = 20
> else a = 50
> end
>
> does not make this important fact as clear on first sight.

The following code indents properly and is what I use.

  a =
    case b
    when 1: 10
    when 2: 20
    else 50
    end

To follow up Vincent's comments: to try your hand at this, there's no
shortcut; just read the Vim help files on indenting and general Vim
programming (it's fugly), and hack around with the existing
highlighting code.  I don't understand it myself.  Indenting Ruby is
Hard with a capital H.  Writing the logic in the 10th-rate programming
language that is VimScript (or whatever they call it) is insane, but
Nikolai has done a great job.

I doubt it will ever improve to the point that gg=G is advisable on a
large file, though.  I always indent one unit-of-code (e.g.
block/method/class) at a time.

Cheers,
Gavin