Re: Formatting Posts With VI
From: Peter Jensen (usenet_at_pekajemaps.homeip.net)
Date: 09/12/04
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Date: 12 Sep 2004 08:34:48 GMT
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Alan Connor wrote:
> I just stumbled across this little 'trick' and thought it was worth
> passing on.
Let's see, then ...
> What the following allows you to do is to simply hit "v" while you are
> in command mode, and it will re-format the paragraph your cursor is
> currently on, to a maximum line length of 75 characters, splitting and
> filling as it works. (The -c option tells it to leave an indented
> first line alone.)
Do explain why this is better than using 'gq{movement}'.
> (You can change the line length; see man fmt.)
>
> In your ~/.exrc, type the following:
>
> map v {0!}fmt -c^V^V^V^M
Calling an external program to poorly handle what's already built-in,
while at the same time making it impossible to enter Visual mode ... Not
the most clever solution ...
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> This is *really* handy if you are writing anything and have to go back
> and add or delete words in a sentence near the beginning of a long
> paragraph. Do the editing, go back to command mode, and hit "v" and 99
> times times out of a 100 the paragraph is okay again. If it isn't
> perfect, only a few keystrokes will fix the problem, compared to the
> tedium of doing the whole thing manually.
Personally I just set the tw variable to 72, enter 'gg}}' to get to the
start of the text, 'gq}' to reformat the first paragraph, and then '.'
to repeat as often as required. Almost every paragraph will be
perfectly reformatted. The remaining can relatively easily be
reformatted manually or with a series of more conservative 'gq<Down>'
commands.
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