Re: Lost in formatoptions …

2017-10-01 14:01 GMT+03:00 Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>:
> Hi,
>
> trying to use vim for writing long prose and I am playing with
> the optimal value for formatoptions. Currently I have
>
> set formatoptions=1tcroqlav
>
> but I think I have something wrong. Somehow 'a' is too active
> to me and I am in the situation that I cannot split a paragraph
> in the middle. When I enter one CR, the line splits, but when
> I press ENTER again, nothing happens. I have to set paste, make
> change, set nopaste and reformat, which is obviously wrong.
>
> What do I do wrong?

You are trying to use `a` without `w`. Using trailing whitespaces is
the only sane variant of using `a` &formatoptions flag, other variants
are too restrictive and thus utterly broken.

>
> Best,
>
> Matěj
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