Auto indent doesn't work when using vim coding python

Question

I want to use vim to write python code but there is a problem on auto indention. First I downloaded the latest python.vim from http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=790 and putted it in the correct dir. Then I edited my vimrc.

syntax on
set nu
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
"set cindent
set autoindent
set smartindent
set expandtab
set filetype=python
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py,*.pyw setf python

Now I find that keywords like 'for', 'if', 'while' can autoindent perfectly. But it doesn't work on 'def', 'try', 'except'. What should I do? Thank you very much.

Answer 1

I have this line in my vimrc for long time, don't know if there is better way nowadays. but you could at least give it a try.

set cindent
autocmd FileType python setlocal foldmethod=indent smartindent shiftwidth=4 ts=4 et cinwords=if,elif,else,for,while,try,except,finally,def,class

and I have

filetype plugin indent on  

too

Answer 2

That vim script you linked to doesn't do any auto-indentation, only syntax highlighting.

The auto-indentation you are observing is the one that's built into vim, it is designed for coding C, and it only recognizes the keywords described here:

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#%27cinwords%27

That's why it works for if and while but not def (there's no def in C). You turned it on with set cindent.

You may want to try another script like this one:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=974