micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

Make softwrap respect indentation, i.e. wrapped lines inherit indentation

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Description

This issue is essentially the same as this issue for the xed text editor. I do not know if the teams can collaborate.

A picture says more than a thousand words. Current behaviour:
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Desired behavior, demonstrated in VSCode:
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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by locating the softwrap implementation in the Go code and reproduce the current behavior using the issue’s screenshots and description; compare it with the linked xed issue. Done means wrapped lines inherit the indentation of the relevant original line without breaking existing softwrap behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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