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How do I indent VIM XML?
You can use the following in your . vimrc to enable it when editing xml files – au FileType xml setlocal equalprg=xmllint\ –format\ –recover\ -\ 2>/dev/null .
Can prettier format XML?
Prettier integration does not format XML files.
Does XML need to be indented?
Indenting XML tags is never required for parsing. However, the point of XML is to be human as well as machine readable, so indentation is generally worth having, as it makes it far easier for human readers to work with and take in the structure at a glance.
How do I change my Prettier settings in VS code?
Open . vscode/settings. json file and confirm: VSCode Prettier extension is configured as the default formatter.
How do I set auto indent in Vim?
To configure vim autoindent, just use this command in vim’s last-line mode: :set autoindent. This tells vim to automatically indent the next line. You can either type this vim autoindent command while you’re in vim, or if you want this to be the default behavior, you can add this line to your .vimrc configuration file: set autoindent.
How to automatically indent an XML file using XSLT?
In Vim, whenever a file with the “.xml” extension is loaded into the buffer, you can try the following in your vimrc to trigger the XSLT for filtering the buffer contents: Next time when you load an XML file in Vim, it will be indented automatically. xsltproc is a command line tool that is part of the gnome libxslt. See http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT.html
What’s the difference between auto indent and smart indent?
Auto indent only copies the indentation of the current line and applies that to the next line you create. There is another option called smartindent. Smartindent will try to detect how the code should be indented by the style of the code.
Which is better, smartindent or autoindent in Vim?
If you are writing C code, cindent might be a better choice than smartindent. Cindent will insert the amount of indenting that is required by C indenting rules. Vim handles indentation automatically for most popular file types. Smartindent and autoindent are both very helpful features. Especially if the file type is not very common.