https://blog.bekenev.net/tags/vim-json.html Software development related stuff en-us Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.bekenev.net/2018/12/19/vim-format-json.html Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.bekenev.net/2018/12/19/vim-format-json.html <p>I have to note it, it&rsquo;s just brilliant!</p> <p>If you want to format a JSON file opened in Vim then just run</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-vim" data-lang="vim"><span style="display:flex;"><span>: %!<span style="color:#a6e22e">python</span> -<span style="color:#a6e22e">m</span> <span style="color:#a6e22e">json</span>.<span style="color:#a6e22e">tool</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Stolen from this awesome post - <a href="https://blog.realnitro.be/2010/12/20/format-json-in-vim-using-pythons-jsontool-module/">Format JSON in Vim using Python&rsquo;s json.tool module</a></p>