Re: setting breakindentopt via modeline brings E474

Am Samstag, 20. Mai 2017 14:24:45 UTC+2 schrieb Christian Brabandt:
> On Sa, 20 Mai 2017, Ronald Höllwarth wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using vim 8.513 with +linebreak and have the following problem:
> >
> > I want to set a modeline that does the following:
> >
> > wrap long lines (set wrap) and break them at whitespace etc. (set linebreak). Indent the broken lines as far as the start of the line (set breakindent) and add 4 whitespace more (set breakindentopt=shift:4)
> >
> > i tried the modeline
> >
> > /* vim: set wrap linebreak breakindent breakindentopt=shift:4 : */
> >
> > But I get the Error (re-translated from german:)
> >
> > Error executing "modelines"
> > E474: invalid argument: breakindentopt=shift
> >
> > If I enter the set command directly with
> >
> > :set briopt=shift:4
> >
> > all is fine and the indention is done as expected.
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong in the modeline or did I just discover a bug?
>
> I think you need to escape the ':' as this is used for the modeline.
>
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
> Es ist besser, ein einziges kleines Licht anzuzünden, als die
> Dunkelheit zu verfluchen.
> -- Konfuzius (551-479 v. Chr.)

Hello Christian,

that's it! Now the modeline works as desired.

Thank you for the simple solution.

greetings from Germany
ronald

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