From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-10-11T23:26:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Vim/Ruby Configuration Files, 2005.10.05

Hugh Sasse wrote:

> Damn! This problem is just too close to the wire with 6.4 imminent.
> I'm getting
> 
> brains hgs 20 %> cat !$
> cat short_heredoc.rb
> class Example
>   def initialize
>     print <<EOF
>     "Hi there"
> EOF
>     end
> end
> 
> brains hgs 21 %>
> indented like:
> brains hgs 21 %> !v
> vim short_heredoc.rb
> brains hgs 22 %> cat !$
> cat short_heredoc.rb
> class Example
>   def initialize
>     print <<EOF
>     "Hi there"
>     EOF
>   end
> end

Huh?  The indentation doesn’t indent multiline strings, so if you have

  print <<EOF
    "Blah"
EOF

it should leave everything were you put it.  That’s a compromise for how
exceedingly difficult it would be to implement this correctly without
going LALR on it.  Perhaps you don’t have syntax on?,
        nikolai

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