On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 at 15:55, Christian Brabandt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Do, 02 Jun 2022, Uday Reddy B wrote: > > > > > Just another ping on this question to see if there is a way. > > > > -Uday > > > > On Fri, 20 May 2022 at 07:25, Uday Reddy B <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I was trying to find a way to have vim keep lines broken (i.e., not > unwrap with auto format) when the lines ended with a certain character. For > example, with Latex script, it's desirable to have: > > > > This is a line. \\ > > Designation \\ > > Affiliation \\ > > > > I have formatoptions set to `tcqan` because I do need > auto-formatting everywhere else and in general. However, with such options, > vim would auto-format the above to: > > > > This is a line. \\ Designation \\ Affiliation \\ > > > > My current approach is to switch into and out of `paste` mode when > editing such lines to prevent unwrapping but it'd be convenient if this is > automatically taken care of with some setting. > > I don't think this is currently possible, perhaps try to tune the > 'formatlistpat' option so that those lines are detect as "lists" > Thank you for suggesting this - I'll explore it. > > But I would rather ask, if you see such lines, why do you format them in > first place? This may depend on the document however. Not sure if this > is easily possible > I don't manually/explicitly format them - I have 'a' set in formatoptions. This basically means if I get my cursor in and around those lines while being in the 'insert' mode, those are going to get formatted (unwrapped) and lead to the undesired output. Thanks, -Uday > > Best, > Christian > -- > Dass Christus auf eine Hamletische Weise zugrunde ging, und > schlimmer, weil er Menschen um sich berief, die er fallen ließ, da > Hamlet bloß als Individuum perierte. > -- Goethe, Maximen und Reflektionen, Nr. 1285 > > -- > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20220602102513.GC4071194%40256bit.org > . > -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CALA1MBKb0_2CJVdc63cpSaH_8Cqn2WJy6Mmq_7FNk_-LENkjyQ%40mail.gmail.com.
