Is it possible to configure Vim to indent line continuation differently from indented blocks?

Question

Here is an example of line continuation:

ThisIsASuperLongClassNameWithALotOfExtraCharacters thisIsALongVariableName =
    ThisIsAModeratelyLongSuperClass.longFunctionCall(
        thisIsAVeryLongVariableNameThatCanSpanAFullLineByItself);

Here is an example of an indented block:

if (x == 5) {
  fetchBob() 
}

Typically, for all the settings of cindent and smartindent I've tried so far, Vim treats these two cases identically and adds the same amount of space in each case. To be explicit, I am referring to both the behavior when pressing Enter in insert mode, and also the behavior when pressing = in Visual mode.

Is there some magic combination of cindent and smartindent or another setting that will cause vim to automatically add 4 spaces in the line continuation case and 2 spaces in the indented block case?

Answer 1

I am referring to both the behavior when pressing Enter in insert mode, and also the behavior when pressing = in Visual mode.

The "equal" command depends on :h 'equalprg' option value. If it's set then Vim invokes an external formatter program, and all those indents will be set according to that program's configuration. In fact, you may end up doing this, as there are many good C/C++ formatters, while Vim's one is far from perfect.

Is there some magic combination of cindent and smartindent or another setting

It's called cinoptions. As far as I can tell, you may want setl cino=e-2. Read :h cinoptions-values for more info.