Question

Suppose I have a comment block like this:

/**
 * comment
 * comment
 * comment
 */

And when I open a new line inside this block I want vim to start it with

/**
 * comment
 * _
 * comment
 * comment
 */

but autoindent in standard (ubuntu) vim scripts starts an empty line, like this:

/**
 * comment
 _
 * comment
 * comment
 */

Is there a modified script or a command that would make vim do that (I remember a few years back I had this functionality, but can’t google that right now)?

TIA.

Answer 1

You should add this to your .vimrc:

set formatoptions+=or

o Automatically insert the current
comment leader after hitting ‘o’ or
‘O’ in Normal mode.

r Automatically insert the current
comment leader after hitting
<Enter> in Insert mode.