[Feature Request] Reflow Chinese text
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Description
FEATURE REQUEST
What happened:
Usually there is no space in Chinese texts, so gq won't work for Chinese. In real Vim with :set formatoptions+=m, vim can break at multi-byte characters to let gq work for Chinese (and other Asian languages).
What did you expect to happen:
Use an option to enable multi-byte character reflow, just like vim.
Thx!
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Research direction
Start by locating the implementation of gq and any existing handling for Vim's formatoptions; compare the requested m behavior for Chinese and other multibyte text. Done means an option enables reflow at multibyte characters and gq works for text without spaces, with behavior matching Vim where applicable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- internationalization, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100