Convert Indentation

[samualtnorman]

I'm trying to switch from VS Code to Neovim. VS Code has a command called "Convert Indentation to Tabs" and a command called "Convert Indentation to Spaces". I'm wondering if Neovim has equivalent commands built in or a plugin that provides equivalent commands.

[clason]

:h retab, controlled by your respective options.

[samualtnorman]

I can't seem to get this to convert spaces to tab characters

[clason]

If you want bidirectional conversion, that is not something Neovim provides. I'm sure there's a plugin for it. (It's also fairly simple to script yourself.)

[samualtnorman]

I figured it out.

For converting spaces to tabs:

1. Make sure you :set shiftwidth=<number> and :set tabstop=<number> to what the file is currently using.
2. :set noexpandtab
3. Select the whole file in visual mode
4. >
5. Select the whole file in visual mode
6. <

[clason]

If that's what you're after, gg=G is shorter.

[samualtnorman]

This works, thank you. How does it work?

[clason]

:h = (and gg goes to the top of the file, while G is a motion to the end of the file)