Gary Johnson wrote: > > > This problem was recently posted to superuser: > > > http://superuser.com/questions/230351/vim-format-latex-issues-with-line-breaks/230380#230380 > > > > > > Vim's indent command, =, obeys the 'cinoptions' '+' flag even though > > > 'cindent' is off. > > > > > > Start vim like this: > > > > > > $ vim -N -u NONE > > > > > > Enter these lines: > > > > > > asdf\\ > > > sdf\\ > > > dfg > > > > > > Execute > > > > > > gg=G > > > > > > The result looks like this: > > > > > > asdf\\ > > > sdf\\ > > > dfg > > > > > > where the second and third lines are indented by two tabs. > > > > > > Now execute these commands: > > > > > > :set cinoptions=+0 > > > gg=G > > > > > > The indentation is removed. > > > > > > Since 'cindent' is not set, nor is any other indent option, it seems > > > to me that Vim should not indent those lines. Their indentation > > > certainly should not be affected by their contents, and should not > > > be affected by the value of 'cinoptions' when 'cindent' is not set. > > > > > > It also seems odd that with and empty 'cinoptions' the indentation > > > is two tabs when the default value of the '+' flag is one > > > shiftwidth. > > > > > > The behavior is the same on 7.2.148 on Linux and 7.3.46 on Windows. > > > > This works as intended. When you use the "=" operator it has to indent > > some way, and the default is C indenting. See ":help =". > > Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. So I guess that > means that where ":help 'cindent'" says that it "Enables automatic C > program indenting," the emphasis is on the "automatic", i.e., when > the user hits Enter. > > In that case, there seems to be a bug in either the default value of > '+' or in the documentation, since the documentation says "(default > 'shiftwidth')" while the actual behavior is two times 'shiftwidth'.
The default is correct, but when a line ends in a backslash it's used twice. I'll make a note for that. -- >From "know your smileys": :'-D Laughing so much that they're crying /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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
