On 2006-08-18, cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I there a way I can enter effortlessly stuff like the following:
>
> 1. this is a numbered paragraph several lines long and I would like all
> lines aligned with the "this" which starts in column 4. I don't know if
> it's good typography but I use these numbered lists a lot and with the
> text aligned I think it looks better.
>
> .. and format it like this:
>
> 1. this is a numbered paragraph several lines long and I would like all
> lines aligned with the "this" which starts in column 4. I don't know
> if it's good typography but I use these numbered lists a lot and with
> the text aligned I think it looks better.
>
> .. or possibly make Vim indent this automatically when typing..?
>
> I mean that I usually have a textwidth of 72 and Vim automatically wraps
> to line 2 after I have written the "all" at the end of line 1 .. but
> obviously Vim has no reason to indent and therefore starts line 2 and
> the following lines in column 1.
>
> Is there any way I can tell Vim that when line 1 starts with a number
> followed by a dot '.' .. the following lines should be indented so that
> all the text is aligned.
>
> Not simple .. I guess .. since this could move into double digits (or
> more..) -- there could be more than nine numbered paragraphs and text
> should start in column 5 (or 6..).
>
> Or maybe somone has written a script that can convert a bunch of
> paragraphs into something like a numbered (or bulleted) list?
For numbered lists,
set fo+=n
For bulleted lists using '-',
set com+=fb:-
or '*',
set com+=fb:*
but those should already be part of the default 'comments' option
unless you have changed it. (Odd that numbered lists and bulleted
lists use different options.)
See
:help 'fo'
:help 'com'
I also have '2' as part of my 'formatoptions' string. I don't think
it affects lists, but you might try it if those other settings don't
work as you'd like them to.
Regards,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division
| Spokane, Washington, USA
