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merlin2011
merlin2011

Reputation: 75575

How can I make vim format numbered lists with correct indentation?

This question is related to this previous question, but I have reached a bit of a stumbling block in trying to get the same behavior with numbered lists.

As a reference, here is what the configuration looks like in the previous question:

set formatoptions=tcq
set comments=s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:- 
set autoindent

I read the output of :help comments and jumped to also read format-comments. Based on that page, it seemed that I needed to add some expression with the flag fb to represent numbered lists. I tried the following.

set comments=s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:-,fb:\d\+.

It did not throw any errors, but it also did not have any noticeable effect. In particular, the sample text looks the same before and after gq.

1. This is a numbered list item that has been wrapped. The second line is not
indented as desired.

The desired output looks like this:

1. This is a numbered list item that has been wrapped. The second line is not
   indented as desired.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 446

Answers (2)

benjifisher
benjifisher

Reputation: 5122

If you read :help 'formatoptions' and follow the link to :help fo-table, then you will find the n option that does exactly what you want:

:set fo+=n

The 'comments' option does exactly what the docs say, and they do not mention that any part of it can be a general pattern, so I am not surprised that adding \d did not help.

@kev's answer mentions the 'formatlistpat' option, but the setting he recommends is already the default.

Upvotes: 5

kev
kev

Reputation: 161814

Take a look at :help 'formatlistpat':

:set tw=80
:set flp=^\\s*\\d\\+[\\]:.)}\\t\ ]\\s*

Upvotes: 2

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