Thursday, October 4, 2012

Re: vim: how to gq a visual block?

On 10/04/2012 02:20 PM, ping wrote:
>
>
> On 10/04/2012 02:04 PM, ping wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/04/2012 12:04 PM, Charles Campbell wrote:
>>> ping wrote:
>>>> as in subject, suppose we have a gq'ed block already:
>>>>
>>>> 0 1 2
>>>> 12345678901234567890123456789
>>>> lsdjflsdlksjfsdlfjsld 123
>>>> lsjfsdfksdjfldsfsdlsl 456
>>>> lsjdlfsdlfjsalfslfsjs 789
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> now I want to re-format the character blocks , for example, extend
>>>> them from current length 21 to some other length, say, 25, or squeeze
>>>> to 18, without affacting the "digit blocks".
>>>>
>>>> is it possible at all with any command or plugins?
>>>>
>>> Not a perfect solution, because the righthand side digits may move (as a
>>> column) a bit, but:
>>>
>>> * set tw=(new value here)
>>> * ctrl-v block of characters
>>> * :B norm! gqap
>>>
>>> That also assumes that the text within is a paragraph, too.
>>>
>>> The ":B" is supported by my vis plugin:
>>>
>>> You can get vis.vim from:
>>>
>>> http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1195
>>> (stable)
>>> http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#VIS (cutting
>>> edge)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> C Campbell
>>>
>>
>> thanks! I was just thinking to look at your vim website for some help...
>>
>> but it looks not always work well, sometime it even change the text
>> sequences, is there any internal "sort" in the process flows?
>>
>>
>> the example text:
>>
>> LUCY CRAFT: Japan and China 'normal
>> 40 years ago and i n terms of econom
>> relations, are lit erally 'joined'
>> their cross-border trade reaching $
>> last year. Their p olitical relation
>> meanwhile, has bee n a constant sour
>> And yet while anti -Japanese 'hostil
>> has 'flared up' re peatedly over the
>> the recent widespr ead 'fury' target
>> government offices and businesses o
>> week, 'blindsided' many here - like
>> 72-year-old 'green grocer' Hiroko Iw
>>
>>
>>
>> I set tw=50, c-v selected the left block, move cursor to the bottom CHAR
>> 'n', then :B normal! gqap
>> and I got this:
>>
>>
>>
>> Their p meanwhile, has and China 'normal n
>> terms
>> bee And yet while anti of econom erally
>> 'joined'
>> has 'flared up' re the trade reaching $
>> olitical
>> recent widespr relation n a constant
>> sour
>> government offices week, -Japanese 'hostil
>> peatedly
>> 'blindsided' 72-year-old over the ead 'fury'
>> target
>> 'green and businesses o many
>> here
>> - like grocer' Hiroko Iw
>> LUCY CRAFT: Japan 40
>> years ago and i
>> relations, are lit their
>> cross-border last year.
>>
>>
>> so the text block that I applied the gqap just got indented, making them
>> looks like 50 textwidth, but not re-wrap the whole block?
>>
>
>
> "That also assumes that the text within is a paragraph, too."
>
> oh I got it, I have to test it with these text, making it "within a
> parag"...
>
> LUCY CRAFT: Japan and China 'normalized ties'
> 40 years ago and in terms of economic
> relations, are literally 'jo ined' 'at the hip';
> their cross-border trade rea ching $340 billion
> last year. Their political r elationship,
> meanwhile, has been a consta nt source of 'tension'
> And yet while anti-Japanese 'hostility' in China
> has 'flared up' repeatedly o ver the years,
> the recent widespread 'fury' targeted at Japanese
> <\n> <---- must have a new line here
>
>
> it work!
>
> on the other hand, sometime it doesn't work well...
>
> see I have this texts:
>
> LUCY CRAFT: Japan and China 'normalized ties' aaaaaaaaaaa
> 40 years ago and in terms of economic aaaaaaaaaaa
> relations, are literally 'joined' 'at the hip'; aaaaaaaaaaa
> their cross-border trade reaching $340 billion aaaaaaaaaaa
> last year. Their political relationship, aaaaaaaaaaa
> meanwhile, has been a constant source of 'tension'. aaaaaaaaaaa
> And yet while anti-Japanese 'hostility' in China aaaaaaaaaaa
> has 'flared up' repeatedly over the years, aaaaaaaaaaa
> the recent widespread 'fury' targeted at Japanese aaaaaaaaaaa
> government offices and businesses over the last aaaaaaaaaaa
> week, 'blindsided' many here - like aaaaaaaaaaa
> 72-year-old 'greengrocer' Hiroko Iwasaki. aaaaaaaaaaa
>
>
> now I set tw=60 and a :B normal! gqap turned it into:
>
> LUCY CRAFT: Japan and China 'normalized ties' 40 aaaaaaaaaaa
> years ago and in terms of economic relations, aaaaaaaaaaa
> are literally 'joined' 'at the hip'; their aaaaaaaaaaa
> cross-border trade reaching $340 billion last year. aaaaaaaaaaa
> Their political relationship, meanwhile, has aaaaaaaaaaa
> been a constant source of 'tension'. And yet while aaaaaaaaaaa
> anti-Japanese 'hostility' in China has 'flared up' aaaaaaaaaaa
> repeatedly over the years, the recent aaaaaaaaaaa
> widespread 'fury' targeted at Japanese government offices
> aaaaaaaaaaa
> and businesses over the last week, 'blindsided' many aaaaaaaaaaa
> here - like 72-year-old 'greengrocer' aaaaaaaaaaa
> Hiroko Iwasaki. aaaaaaaaaaa
>
> now look at:
> 'normalized ties' 40
> economic relations,
> hip'; their
> ....
>
>
> why there are many gaps between the last word of each line to the
> previous word?
>
>
> thanks!

ok that is the 'old' version in www.vim.org

I tested with the cutting version and it looks better.

I'll try using it at my work and feedback issues if I have.
thanks!

regards
ping

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