Vim indent xml file

Question

I am learning Vim but I thought this was a simple task but I cannot get it to work. I have browser SO but the solutions are not working for me.

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Answer 1

Use an external program to indent your xml files. In this case I've choosen xmllint, so set the command to the equalprg option:

:set equalprg=xmllint\ --format\ -

Now you can execute

gg=G

to let xmllint format your xml files.

To get it every time you use vim, use an autocommand to set it.

autocommand from a comment below

au FileType xml setlocal equalprg=xmllint\ --format\ --recover\ -\ 2>/dev/null