This is a direct copy of the increment.vim repository in vim-scripts, here. The only change is that that version uses windows style line endings, which can cause errors on non-windows machines. This version uses unix line endings instead of dos.

Changed increment.vim plugin from dos to unix fileformat. Otherwise, it is the same.

This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=156

This script provides a way to quickly create incremented lists (either increasing or decreasing) using the visual block mode.

Synopsis:

1. Suppose you have a column of the following form: array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3;

2. Choose the column of '1's using Ctrl-V and then run the command Inc (you should see "'<,'>Inc" on the command line at this point)(if you do not have any other user commands starting with 'I', just I will suffice). This will tranform the text as: array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(2) = 3; array(1) = 3; --> array(3) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(4) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(5) = 3;

3. You can then choose the column of '3's (again using Ctrl-V) and run the command "Inc 3" to generate another incremented list. This will generate: array(1) = 3; array(1) = 3; array(2) = 3; array(2) = 6; array(3) = 3; --> array(3) = 9; array(4) = 3; array(4) = 12; array(5) = 3; array(5) = 15;

   Note: increment.vim automatically pads the numbers in the the column with spaces in order to get them right aligned. This is useful in most cases, but for cases when this might be bad, use IncN which doesnt do any alignment.

Commands provided:

1. Inc : generates a column of increasing numbers with RIGHT alignment.
2. IncN: generates a column of increasing numbers with NO alignment.
3. IncL: generates a column of increasing numbers with LEFT alignment

Tip: A mapping which goes well with this command is the following:

vnoremap :Inc

With this mapping, select a column of numbers and press Ctrl-A, which will get them in increasing order. I use because its similar to the command in normal mode which increments the number under the cursor.

Acknowledgements:

There are other scripts which have been made to do almost the same thing. Charles E Campbell's vimtip #150 uses a similar visual block strategy Stanislav Sitar's vimscript #145 uses a searc/replace strategy