Vim Tabular Plugin to align two columns of text?

tabular, vim

Solution

Try this command:

:Tabularize /^\S\+\zs/l0c1l0

- `^\S\+\zs` will match position after first column

- `l0c1l0` means column alignment and width.

Problem

Worked my way through a number of Tabular pages but cannot figure this out. I want to align two columns of text. The first column is a single word, and the second column is the rest of the line: ``` alpha one oclock hey beta two oclock hey phi three oclock hey ``` I'd like to align it to be: ``` alpha one oclock hey beta two oclock hey phi three oclock hey ``` Also, it is possible for these lines to be already indented, so there can be spaces and tabs to the left of the first word. I cannot figure out the regexp to make this happen. Can someone help?

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