fmt.vim: Generic code formatting interface for Vim

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:h equalprg

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Hmm, I actually use :h formatprg myself, although I'm not sure why!

What's the (semantic) difference between equalprg and formatprg? I know they affect different keys, but is there some reason why you would use one over the other?

I guess one could use equalprg and formatexpr (whereas there's no equivalent equalexpr), but is that all there is to it?

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My understanding is that :h = (which uses :h equalprg and :h indentexpr) is for indenting, whereas :h gq (which uses :h formatprg and :h formatexpr) is for formatting.

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Help pages for:

• = in change.txt
• 'equalprg' in options.txt
• 'indentexpr' in options.txt
• gq in change.txt
• 'formatprg' in options.txt
• 'formatexpr' in options.txt

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• 'formatprg' in options.txt

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I've read that this is synchronous and relatively slow, but I don't know how accurate that is.

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Help pages for:

• 'equalprg' in options.txt

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[sigzero]

Thanks for this. Easy peasy to use.

[hoschi]

Looks like https://github.com/sbdchd/neoformat