On Sun, 28 May 2023 09:35:00 +0200 Igor Lerinc <igor.leri...@gmail.com> wrote: > So if I understood correctly, external tools won't help me more than > Vim already has ? > On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 6:53 AM Owajigbanam Ogbuluijah > <xigba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Igor, > > > > Formatting in Vim is pretty simple. Vim already understands how to > > format many filetypes. Try not to use too many plugins to > > complicate things; especially if you're not mandated or forced to.
I agree with what Owajigbanam said, except external tools not helping. First, Vim is great _because_ it can interface with any commandline tools so effortlessly. And if there is a tool that specialize in something, you _should_ use that. You will still be able to use the '={motion}' keys, but underneath Vim will call the external tool (that's what ':h formatprg' exists for). I understand your reservations about not wanting to spawn new processes, but most commandline tools are tiny and consume virtually no resource at all. Vim takes time to familirize with. Be patient and go through the help docs. That would be better than asking people broad questions such as how formatting in Vim works, because everyone is at different level of understanding and no one knows from which level to talk to you. If the question is specific, e.g., how do I open a new tab?, then that's fine to ask the next person instead of going through the manual. But if the question is broad, e.g., how does formatting work? or how do jumplists work?, then you'd do better reading the manual. So I suggest again as -- I wrote on Sat, 27 May 2023 23:02:24 +0600: > see ':h formatprg', ':h formatoptions', ':h formatexpr', etc. -- Enan -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20230529113214.7c0a4da7%40cirdan.