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Well-behaved Javascript indentation for vim, with my own addition for multiline var blocks
" Vim indent file
" Language: JavaScript
" Author: Robert Kieffer
" URL: -
" Last Change: 2010-08-12
"
" Improved JavaScript indent script.
" Indent script in place for this already?
if exists("b:did_indent")
finish
endif
let b:did_indent = 1
setlocal indentexpr=GetJsIndent()
setlocal indentkeys=0{,0},0),:,!^F,o,O,e,*<Return>,=*/
" Only define functions once per session
if exists("*GetJsIndent")
finish
endif
" Clean up a line of code by removing trailing '//' comments, and trimming
" whitespace
function! Trim(line)
return substitute(substitute(a:line, '// .*', '', ''), '^\s*\|\s*$', '', 'g')
endfunction
function! GetJsIndent()
let num = v:lnum
let line = Trim(getline(num))
let pnum = prevnonblank(num - 1)
if pnum == 0
return 0
endif
let pline = Trim(getline(pnum))
let ind = indent(pnum)
" bracket/brace/paren blocks
if pline =~ '[{[(]$'
let ind += &sw
endif
if line =~ '^[}\])]'
let ind -= &sw
endif
" multi-line variable declarations
if pline =~ '^var\s.*,$'
let ind += 4
elseif pnum > 0 && pline =~ '=' && pline !~ ',$'
" try to figure out if a declaration block has just ended
let varblock = 0
let vpnum = prevnonblank(pnum - 1)
let vpline = Trim(getline(vpnum))
while varblock == 0 && vpnum > 0 && vpline =~ ',$'
if vpline =~ '^var\s'
let varblock = 1
else
let vpnum = prevnonblank(vpnum - 1)
let vpline = Trim(getline(vpnum))
endif
endwhile
if varblock == 1
let ind -= 4
end
endif
" '/*' comments
if pline =~ '^/\*.*\*/'
" no indent for single-line form
elseif pline =~ '^/\*'
let ind += 1
elseif pline =~ '^\*/'
let ind -= 1
endif
return ind
endfunction
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