Vim: gg=G aligns left, does not auto-indent

Question

When I try to fix the indentation of an HTML file with gg=G, each line loses its indentation and becomes left-justified. Does anybody know what could be going o

Answer 1

You need to enable loading of indentation files for specific filetypes. Change this line in your .vimrc...

filetype plugin on

..to this:

filetype plugin indent on

...then restart Vim and try again.

See :help filetype-indent-on for more details.