To clarify: in .vimrc as follows: set formatoptions-=l set formatoptions+=t set formatoptions+=c set formatoptions+=q set formatoptions+=a
-- - Eric Smith Eric Smith said: > Thanks Jurgen > (hang on let me fire up vim instead of nano) > Jürgen > > Bingo, this did it for me: > formatoptions=tcqa > > I read somewehre I think in the docs, that vim does not support > or did not support this so I gave up. > > Then I thought, well vim can do anything of this sort that other > editors can. Once again this proved to be so. > > The above autoformats to the end of the paragraph on the fly. > I should have asked the question before. > > -- > - Eric Smith > Jürgen Krämer said: > > > > Hi, > > > > Eric Smith schrieb: > > > > > > vim of course can wrap lines as you type them > > > and 'wrap' is default on.. > > > > > > However, my question concerns the case of when > > > you revisit an already entered line and you *extend* > > > this line, then it does not auto reformat. > > > > > > I was using nono (as I often do for simple emails) and > > > experienced a flash of envy. That prompted me to revisit this topic. > > > (nano does not reformat when you *shorten* a line). > > > > do you talk about appending to lines that are already longer than > > 'textwidth' characters or that reach into the margin set by > > 'wrapmargin'? If yes, you might want to check if > > > > :set formatoptions-=l > > > > helps. Additionally there are the 'a' and 'w' flags of 'formatoptions'. > > If you add them multiple lines that end in spaces are treated as one > > paragraph and this paragraph is reformatted every time you make a change > > to its contents. > > > > Regards, > > Jürgen > > > > -- > > Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere > > in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin) > > > > -- > > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
