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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
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Harsha9554 commented Mar 31, 2023

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

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rockyzhang24 commented Jan 6, 2024

@namjul it works perfectly. Thanks a lot.

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antoniopaolini commented Mar 27, 2026

In my case it doesn't works perfectly. The alignmet is correct but every pipe add a space at the start of the row.
For example, the first row is:

| pippo | pluto | paperino |

then I start the second row and hapens this:

␣ | pippo | pluto | paperino |
␣ |*

and when I start second column in the second row another space will be added:

␣ ␣ | pippo | pluto | paperino |
␣ ␣ | one   |*

(I used " ␣ " to represent a single space and "*" to represent cursor position at the time)

Anyone could figure why?

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antoniopaolini commented Mar 30, 2026

I I thought that the space was inserted by Tabularize, then I solved with this little mod of the gist:

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.*'))
	let ln = line('.')
    Tabularize/|/l1
	"normal! 0
	" Changed this row.
	"but I have also to check if the table row was the last, in order to not mess the table under the row edited:
	if getline('.') =~# '^\s*|' && getline(line('.')+1) =~# p
		execute "normal }k\<C-v>".ln."Gjhx".ln."G" 
	endif
	execute "normal {j\<C-v>".ln."Ghx".ln."G" 

    call search(repeat('[^|]*|',column).'\s\{-\}'.repeat('.',position),'ce',line('.'))
  endif

endfunction

If someone would comment about mistakes or suggest anything I'll be happy.

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