On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:21:31AM +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
>
> After reading this thread, I've seen "requests for improvement" to the Vim
> source; but let's try to find (for the time being) something which works in
> the current Vim version.
>
> 1. Em dashes should normally be set apart from the neighbouring words by
> blank spaces -- like this -- and if they are, they won't be mistaken for
> part of a word regardless of whether 'iskeyword' includes the dash.
[snip]
That depends on your style manual. The one I read, back in my
typewriter days, insisted on dashes without spaces on either side--like
this. Also, vim will recognize your "--" as a word if 'isk' includes
"-", and that might cause problems.
HTH --Benji Fisher
