Folding Markdown in Vim without a plugin
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Last edited: $Date: 2020/10/31 09:35:53 $
Vim offers folding, which is a great option when
editing a longer text file.
Although there is a plugin available for Markdown
folding, Vim can fold Markdown without it.
All it takes are a few lines in your .vimrc. Below,
we start with just two lines to get it working.
After this, we add some more lines to get folding
back after installing the fabulous Vimwiki plugin
and to make it nice and convenient.
Minimal .vimrc
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With just a few lines in your .vimrc you can use
folding in Markdown files.
filetype plugin on
let g:markdown_folding=1
Open a Markdown file, set filetype=markdown and you
can start using folding.
Vimwiki
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The installation of Vimwiki influences folding of
Markdown files.
To enable folding of Markdown files after installing
Vimwiki, add the following line to your .vimrc:
let g:vimwiki_global_ext = 0
Now you can again use folding in Markdown files.
Pretty folding in your terminal
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Vim is configured for a white on black terminal with
the line
set background=dark
This is for syntax coloring usually good. Folds are
shown with a colored background, which iMHO is not
that great.
The following line removes the colored background:
highlight Folded term=standout ctermfg=14 ctermbg=0
Easy toggle of fold with the space bar
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The key-binding to toggle a fold is 'za'. This is a
very useful function.
It can be bound to the space bar, for even more
convenience.
nnoremap <space> za
vnoremap <space> za
