Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of VimBreakIndent

Timestamp:

Feb 19, 2011 3:32:19 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

retracile

Comment:

updated breakindent patch

VimBreakIndent

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  = Vim breakindent patch =
 
-So I wanted Vim to visually wrap long lines, but take the indentation of the line into account when it does so. Apparently, Vim can't do that, but back in 2007 Vaclav Smilauer [http://www.mail-archive.com/vim-dev@vim.org/msg04076.html posted a patch] for Vim to add that feature.
-I have been updating that patch as Fedora releases updates for Vim.
+So I wanted Vim to visually wrap long lines, but take the indentation of the line into account when it does so. Apparently, Vim can't do that, but back in 2007 Václav Šmilauer [http://www.mail-archive.com/vim-dev@vim.org/msg04076.html posted a patch] for Vim to add that feature.
+I have been updating that patch as Fedora releases updates for Vim.  Václav has also updated it.
 
-To get this behaviour, rebuild vim with this patch, then `set breakindent`. It isn't bug-free; it appears to interact badly with `set linebreak`. But you can combine it with `set showbreak=..` or `set showbreak=\ \ ` to provide a little bit of additional indent to the wrapped portion of the lines. 
+To get this behaviour, rebuild vim with this patch, then `set breakindent`.  You can combine it with `set showbreak=..` or `set showbreak=\ \ ` to provide a little bit of additional indent to the wrapped portion of the lines.
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+[attachment:wiki:2011/02/19/09.30:breakindent-20101112-vim7.3.diff Fedora 14, 7.3.056-1.fc14]
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+These older versions of the patch interact badly with `set linebreak`:
 
 [attachment:wiki:2010/11/22/23.00:vim-7.3-breakindent.patch Fedora 13, 7.3.055-1.fc13]