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layout: post
summary: In which we tidify a JSON in vim.
title: tidify a json in vim
type: codex
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If you have to edit json files from vim, you may want to make them more readable, here is how you can do this:

start by installing the JSON::XS perl module from the CPAN by running `sudo cpan JSON::XS`, then, edit your .vimrc and add the following

{% highlight vim %}
map <leader>jt  <Esc>:%!json_xs -f json -t json-pretty<CR>
{% endhighlight %}

now while editing a json file, you can hit `,jt` (or whatever your leader is set to) and tidify a json.