Re: vim autoformat ?

On Sun, 28 May 2023 09:35:00 +0200
Igor Lerinc <igor.lerinc7@gmail.com> wrote:
> So if I understood correctly, external tools won't help me more than
> Vim already has ?
> On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 6:53 AM Owajigbanam Ogbuluijah
> <xigbanam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey Igor,
> >
> > Formatting in Vim is pretty simple. Vim already understands how to
> > format many filetypes. Try not to use too many plugins to
> > complicate things; especially if you're not mandated or forced to.

I agree with what Owajigbanam said, except external tools not helping.
First, Vim is great _because_ it can interface with any commandline
tools so effortlessly. And if there is a tool that specialize in
something, you _should_ use that. You will still be able to use the
'={motion}' keys, but underneath Vim will call the external tool (that's
what ':h formatprg' exists for). I understand your reservations about
not wanting to spawn new processes, but most commandline tools are tiny
and consume virtually no resource at all.

Vim takes time to familirize with. Be patient and go through the help
docs. That would be better than asking people broad questions such as
how formatting in Vim works, because everyone is at different level of
understanding and no one knows from which level to talk to you. If the
question is specific, e.g., how do I open a new tab?, then that's fine to
ask the next person instead of going through the manual. But if the
question is broad, e.g., how does formatting work? or how do jumplists
work?, then you'd do better reading the manual.

So I suggest again as --
I wrote on Sat, 27 May 2023 23:02:24 +0600:
> see ':h formatprg', ':h formatoptions', ':h formatexpr', etc.

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Enan

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