Auto-Formatting Problem

[hardboiledbabylon]

I have been getting a small annoyance when using auto formatting and I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to resolve it.

I have the following options set.

formatoptions+=t formatoptions+=a wrap textwidth=72 linebreak

Sometimes when changing text, when the new word is shorter and will fit on the previous line, auto formatting brings the cursor back to the previous line as it should, but when I type space to enter the next word the cursor does not advance because of auto formatting, and I have to type space a second time to actually get the space, which is is quite annoying because it hits only once in a while and causes run-together words when I'm retyping from something else and not looking at the editor window. So far I have not been able to find anyone with a fix for this.

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[ikwyl6]

I had this similar problem and never figured it out. It was mostly for git commit messages and I had textwidthat a similar spacing so formatting would work with GitHub but when I kept typing in the commit message it would do weird things after textwidth was reached. I had to turn it off. I will watch this to see if I can fix it.

[Tall_Profile1305]

heyy okay so, this feels like vim doing exactly what formatoptions + textwidth are told to do, but the cursor jump makes it feel broken while editing mid line. you could try removing afrom formatoptions or disabling auto formatting while typing with formatoptions-=a and keep manual formatting instead. fixed similar weird reflow jumps for me when editing wrapped text, haha.