cucumbertables.vim

inoremap <silent> <Bar>   <Bar><Esc>:call <SID>align()<CR>a

function! s:align()
  let p = '^\s*|\s.*\s|\s*$'
  if exists(':Tabularize') && getline('.') =~# '^\s*|' && (getline(line('.')-1) =~# p || getline(line('.')+1) =~# p)
    let column = strlen(substitute(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'[^|]','','g'))
    let position = strlen(matchstr(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'.*|\s*\zs.*'))
    Tabularize/|/l1
    normal! 0
    call search(repeat('[^|]*|',column).'\s\{-\}'.repeat('.',position),'ce',line('.'))
  endif
endfunction

Sure, make it a <buffer> map and unmap it in b:undo_ftplugin.

I have recreated it in lua for anyone that is interested.

local cmd = vim.cmd
local fn = vim.fn

function _G.alignMdTable()
  local pattern = '^%s*|%s.*%s|%s*$'
  local lineNumber = fn.line('.')
  local currentColumn = fn.col('.')
  local previousLine = fn.getline(lineNumber - 1)
  local currentLine = fn.getline('.')
  local nextLine = fn.getline(lineNumber + 1)

  if fn.exists(':Tabularize') and currentLine:match('^%s*|') and (previousLine:match(pattern) or nextLine:match(pattern)) then
    local column = #currentLine:sub(1, currentColumn):gsub('[^|]', '')
    local position = #fn.matchstr(currentLine:sub(1, currentColumn), ".*|\\s*\\zs.*")
    cmd('Tabularize/|/l1') -- `l` means left aligned and `1` means one space of cell padding
    cmd('normal! 0')
    fn.search(('[^|]*|'):rep(column) .. ('\\s\\{-\\}'):rep(position), 'ce', lineNumber)
  end
end

local cmd = vim.cmd local fn = vim.fn function _G.alignMdTable() local pattern = '^%s*|%s.%s|%s$' local lineNumber = fn.line('.') local currentColumn = fn.col('.') local previousLine = fn.getline(lineNumber - 1) local currentLine = fn.getline('.') local nextLine = fn.getline(lineNumber + 1) if fn.exists(':Tabularize') and currentLine:match('^%s*|') and (previousLine:match(pattern) or nextLine:match(pattern)) then local column = #currentLine:sub(1, currentColumn):gsub('[^|]', '') local position = #fn.matchstr(currentLine:sub(1, currentColumn), ".|\s\zs.") cmd('Tabularize/|/l1') -- l means left aligned and 1 means one space of cell padding cmd('normal! 0') fn.search(('[^|]|'):rep(column) .. ('\s\{-\}'):rep(position), 'ce', lineNumber) end end

Thank you sir!

Recently moved all my config to lua, u know just playing around and getting to know it .. and this amazing piece of code was one of the missing parts on my new setup. Seems to work just fine.

@namjul hey thank you so much, worked like a charm.

@namjul it works perfectly. Thanks a lot.