Re: Comment auto formatting joins non-comment lines

> I like the autoformatting of comments when I'm writing them, however it's
> unusable because subsequent non-comment lines are always joined with the
> comment block.
>
> Use of fo+=w helps a little bit, but if I accidentally leave Insert mode
> when there is a trailing space on the last line of my comment, it will join
> it with the next line regardless of whether the next line is a comment or
> not. This is really annoying and feels like incorrect behavior. It seems to
> me that autoformatting should never change or join a non-comment line into
> a comment line.
>
> For example, I might have code like the following:
>
> // FooBar does things.
> func FooBar() {
> return
> }
>
> If my formatoptions are
> formatoptions=crqwn1ja
>
> Then when I go to edit the comment, if I happen to leave a space at the end
> accidentally, then it is autoformatted into this:
>
> // FooBar does things. func FooBar() {
> return
> }
>
> If w isn't set then the space doesn't matter and it will always get
> formatted into that immediately.
>
> Is this correct behavior? Is there a way to get vim to auto format comments
> but never join a non-comment line? Or should I just resign and not use the
> fo+=a option for code?

This looks like a bug, since you have the "c" flag, which together with
"a" should mean only comments are auto-formatted.

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