2017-10-01 14:01 GMT+03:00 Matěj Cepl <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > trying to use vim for writing long prose and I am playing with > the optimal value for formatoptions. Currently I have > > set formatoptions=1tcroqlav > > but I think I have something wrong. Somehow 'a' is too active > to me and I am in the situation that I cannot split a paragraph > in the middle. When I enter one CR, the line splits, but when > I press ENTER again, nothing happens. I have to set paste, make > change, set nopaste and reformat, which is obviously wrong. > > What do I do wrong?
You are trying to use `a` without `w`. Using trailing whitespaces is the only sane variant of using `a` &formatoptions flag, other variants are too restrictive and thus utterly broken. > > Best, > > Matěj > -- > http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, Jabber: mcepl<at>ceplovi.cz > GPG Finger: 3C76 A027 CA45 AD70 98B5 BC1D 7920 5802 880B C9D8 > > As a rule of thumb, the more qualifiers there are before the name > of a country, the more corrupt the rulers. A country called The > Socialist People's Democratic Republic of X is probably the last > place in the world you'd want to live. > -- Paul Graham discussing (not only) Nigerian spam > (http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html) > > -- > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
