Problem

How do I indent a list item in Vim the following way? Ideally I want this to happen automatically upon wrap, but will settle for something like ESC TAB doing the trick.

Have

This is a list:
1. This is a list item.
2. This is a long list item that I am wrapping at 72 characters which
contains nonsense to hit that limit.
3. This is a list item that emphasizes the effect.

Want

This is a list:
1. This is a list item.
2. This is a long list item that I am wrapping at 72 characters
   which contains nonsense to hit that limit.
3. This is a list item that emphasizes the effect.

Tried

I have the following in my .vimrc:

set tw=72

set autoindent
set smartindent

set autoindent will correctly indent subsequent lines if I manually indent the first wrapped line. I have not observed a difference with set smartindent.

Notes

I am using Vim and spacemacs, but only need an answer for Vim.

In spacemacs I can TAB the first line to the right place in text-mode; in markdown-mode, the line is wrapped (auto-filled) correctly without action.

posted about 1 month ago

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1mo ago

young_souvlaki‭

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