Question

I have a text file:

Function        Description

concat          Returns the concatenation of the arguments.

contains        Returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns false.

I’d like to wrap the text on column#2, the result should be:

Function        Description

concat          Returns the concatenation
                of the arguments.

contains        Returns true if the first
                argument string contains 
                the second argument
                string; otherwise returns
                false.

How to do it in vim or shell quickly? Thank you for any suggestions.

Answer 1

The issue can be easily solved in Vim by using the indentexpr option. Set
it to the number of characters designated for the first column,

:set inde=16

then format the text as usual with the gq or gw families of commands.