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indenting XML in vim

Sometimes I need to look inside XML files which consist of one big line. It’s very impossible, and reformatting takes a time. Fortunately, I’ve found a good solution for vim.

I added to my “.vimrc” file:

map <F2> <Esc>:1,$!xmllint --format -<CR>

Now I can press “F2″ button, and vim indents the text.

More hints on indenting XML in vim: Tip #349: Format your xml document using xmllint.

This entry was posted by olpa on Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 at 1:55 pm and is filed under vim. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “indenting XML in vim”

  1. Rick Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Thanks. Quick hit on google and did what I needed.

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