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I sometimes need to do some remarks in parentheses in my commit message's detailed part. But when the parenthesized text comes to the rightmost column and is line-broken, the next line for some reason begins from the column after the opening parenthesis. See the screenshot below.

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So, what's going on here? Why does it happen, and how can I make wrapping continue from the first column?

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  • Can you check the output of set lisp? – D. Ben Knoble Sep 30 '19 at 17:10
  • @D.BenKnoble no output, the command simply remains there after I press Enter (as with other set XXX commands). – Ruslan Sep 30 '19 at 17:18
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    @Ruslan When you add a question mark to the end of a :set command it queries the current value of the option. – Rich Sep 30 '19 at 17:21
  • Yes, the question mark should have been part of the command – D. Ben Knoble Sep 30 '19 at 17:22
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    What is the output of set cindent? and set cinoptions? ? I could reproduce it with cindent set and cinoptions containing (N. – Ralf Sep 30 '19 at 19:35
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As stated in your comment you have cindent and cinoptions set like:

set cindent
set cinoptions=N-s,g0,:0,(0

The options cindent should only be set for the file types you want to use it. It is set automatically for the C or CPP file types (assuming you have filetype indent on in your vimrc [or better: filetype plugin indent on]).

Remove the line set cindent from your vimrc.

BTW: If you want to change filetype specific settings I recommend to work with a file in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin (e.g. ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/c.vim to change settings for the C filetype). See :help ftplugin-overrule, especially point 3.

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