[vim/vim] RFE: Indent better when typing bullet lists in txt files (#8794)
m1027
vim already detects a leading dash as bullet in txt files and can reformat a bullet list nicely (visual selection + gq).
But when actually typing in a long line, starting with a bullet (dash) and when the line break kicks in, the second row is indented as if there was no bullet.
Desired behaviour: When the line break kicks in, the next line should (optionally) start a little more to the right, just like gq does on paragraphs with leading dahes.
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Enno
With
setlocal formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*\\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+ " instead of the default value formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s* setlocal formatoptions+=n
the second row is indented after the line break kicks in.
m1027
I am super happy that there is a solution already!
I am just stumbling accross an error when applying the formatlistpat. This happens even when I try to set the default pattern!
:set formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*
E518: Unknown option: ]\s
I am probably missing something trivial?
I am using neovim-4.4 (in case this matters).
Enno
I missed that everything needs to be doubly escaped. Correct should be
setlocal formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*\\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+
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Yegappan Lakshmanan
vim already detects a leading dash as bullet in txt files and can reformat a bullet list nicely (visual selection + gq).
But when actually typing in a long line, starting with a bullet (dash) and when the line break kicks in, the second row is indented as if there was no bullet.
Desired behaviour: When the line break kicks in, the next line should (optionally) start a little more to the right, just like gq does on paragraphs with leading dahes.
vim-dev ML
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 4:08 AM m1027 ***@***.***> wrote:
> vim already detects a leading dash as bullet in txt files and can reformat
> a bullet list nicely (visual selection + gq).
>
> and when the line break kicks in, the second row is indented as if there
> was no bullet.
>
> Desired behaviour: When the line break kicks in, the next line should
> (optionally) start a little more to the right, just like gq does on
> paragraphs with leading dahes.
>
>
bulleted lists as described above:
set formatlistpat=^\\s*-\\s*
set breakindent
set breakindentopt=list:-1
The above assumes the bulleted lists start with a "-".
- Yegappan
m1027
First, thanks for all your ideas. So I am still convinced that it should work.
However, no success here.
See the code and my comments in between. I am opening vim /tmp/test.txt and
then do this:
:set formatoptions?
formatoptions=qjtn
:set formatlistpat?
formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*
(trying to apply that default, doubly escaped:)
:setlocal formatlistpat=^\\s*\\d\\+[\\]:.)}\\t ]\\s*
E518: Unknown option: ]\\s
(so, the doubly escaped default is not accepted?)
:setlocal formatlistpat=^\\s*\\d\\+[\\]:.)}\\t]\\s*
(ok, no error when removing the single space, strange...)
(test: numbered bullets still indent 2nd line as expected)
(test: dash bullets obviously do not indent as desired yet)
(test: without bullets the second line indents like the first - ok)
:setlocal formatlistpat=^\\s*-\\s*
(ok, no error)
:set breakindent?
nobreakindent
:setlocal breakindent
:set breakindentopt?
breakindentopt=
:setlocal breakindentopt=list:-1
E474: Invalid argument: breakindentopt=list:-1
(test: numbered bullets do not indent anymore)
(test: dash bullets do not indent either)
(test: without bullets: regression, no indent at all, always column 1)
(trying the or'ed variant:)
:setlocal formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*\\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+
E518: Unknown option: ]\s*\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+
:setlocal formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t]\s*\\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+
(ok, no error when removing the single space, strange...)
(test: numbered bullets do not indent anymore)
(test: dash bullets do not indent either)
(test: without bullets the second line indents like the first - ok)
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Enno
Blanks need to be escaped, that is \ instead of . Did you try the setting at #8794 (comment) ?
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m1027
Singly escaped blanks work, thanks.
When applying #8794 (comment) list/bullet indentation behaves like the default: Numbers work, dash doesn't.
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Maxim Kim
bulleted lists as described above: set formatlistpat=^\s*-\s* set breakindent set breakindentopt=list:-1 The above assumes the bulleted lists start with a "-". - Yegappan
I doubt neovim4.4 has this new breakindentopt implemented.
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I cannot reproduce: With Vim 8.0.1568 and vim --clean -u ~/.vim/viminrc where ~/.vim/viminrc reads
set formatlistpat=^\\s*\\d\\+[\\]:.)}\\t\ ]\\s*\\\|^\\s*[-+*]\\s\\+ set formatoptions+=n set textwidth=68
the line following one starting with - ... is indented after the line break that kicks in after 68 characters.
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m1027
Thanks again, your example via vim --clean indeed work here, using neovim-0.4.4.
So, there must be something else blocking indents for -, +, * in my case. I'll try to track that down.
Feel free to close this issue, if you prefer.
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Enno
Possibly setting setlocal comments-=fb:- could help.
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m1027
m1027
I've found out what was blocking your configuration in my case.
In my vimrc there is the global setting
set formatoptions=rqj
and then later, filetype related settings (for txt) get enabled by
au BufNewFile,BufRead,BufWinEnter *.txt call FileTypeTXT()
where FileTypeTXT actually applies your proposed (usually working)
formatoptions etc via setlocal. This way I never had indentation for dashed
bullet lists.
I don't know what's wrong with this way of applying filetype based changes.
I am doing so for a long time now. It seems something gets mixed
up this way.
Anyway, I've found out that replacing the global setting
set formatoptions=rqj
with
set formatoptions+=rqj
helps. Thanks for the awesom help! Super happy to have dashed bullet list indentation now!
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