Re: Using auto-format with LaTeX

On 12:19 Sat 09 Feb , Zyad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm finding the auto-format option very attractive (setl fo+=a), but I'm having trouble getting it to work nicely when editing LaTeX documents.
>
> More specifically, I'd like to make it aware of LaTeX keywords so that, for example, when writing the following,
>
> This is a paragraph that is properly
> formatted to have a textwidth of 40.
> 'auto-format' helps maintain it in a
> formatted form, even if I edit parts of
> it.
> \begin{equation}
> z^2 = x^2 + y^2
> \end{equation
>
> as soon as I enter '\', the cursor moves to the previous line. Is it possible to have auto-format understand that a keyword like '\begin{' should not be considered part of the paragraph before it? I'm aware of formatoptions' 'w' flag, but it is inconvenient for me since the document is usually edited by others.
>
> Thanks,
> Zyad

The problem is that vim the 'paragraphs' setting accepts only nroff
macros. ATP (http://atp-vim.sf.net) defined a map gW which detects
paragraphs and formats them - it is still not what you (and me) wanted
but it a bit better.

Best,
Marcin

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