From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-11-10T07:56:22+09:00
Subject: Re: rdoc and vim folding

On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 3:08:09 AM, Doug wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 12:17:10AM +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 2:14:21 AM, Doug wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:43:33AM +0900, Ara.T.Howard wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Hans Fugal wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >I haven't had cause to use markers to do folding in ruby much, but I do use
>> >> >the feature. I can't remember at the moment whether foldmethod=syntax or
>> >> >foldmethod=indent works well for ruby code.
>> >> 
>> >> IMHO - neither.  too many folds.  i like to fold class bodies, module
>> >> bodies, and function bodies - and that's all.  either way above does a
>> >> LOT more.
>> 
>> > You can limit the fold nesting with 'foldnestmax'
>> 
>> > :set foldnestmax=2
>> 
>> > will achieve what you've asked for above.
>> 
>> Unless you have code like this, right?

> Yes! I really should send email at this time... ;-)

> Would it be worth making this configurable in syntax file? I expect
> Ara's specified usage to be the most common for those not wanting
> maximum folding.

What does making it configurable mean?  People can already set their
own folding rules in $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/ruby.vim.  The syntax rules
should merely be correct.

Gavin