Vim: O and o don't respect current context

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Steps to reproduce

  • Position the cursor anywhere within a bulleted or numbered list, or a blockquote
  • If you’re not in Vim’s normal mode, enter it by pressing Esc
  • Press o or O to open a new line

Expected result

The new line should be a part of the list/blockquote, ie. be prefixed with - , > or similar, just like if you had pressed Enter in insert mode (or non-Vim mode).

Actual result

The new line is completely empty.

Environment

  • Operating system: Windows 11
  • Debug info:
    SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v1.0.3
    Installer version: v1.0.3
    Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.22621
    Login status: logged in
    Catalyst license: none
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: on
    Legacy editor: off
    Base theme: dark
    Community theme: Minimal
    Snippets enabled: 1
    Restricted mode: off
    Plugins installed: 28
    Plugins enabled: 26
    1: Calendar v1.5.10
    2: Tasks v1.18.1
    3: Tracker v1.10.9
    4: Better Word Count v0.8.1
    5: Novel word count v2.9.1
    6: Longform v2.0.0
    7: Icon Folder v1.4.1
    8: Daily Stats v1.0.4
    9: Commander v0.3.0
    10: Kindle Highlights v1.8.1
    11: Automatically reveal active file v1.0.2
    12: Focus Mode v1.11.4
    13: Advanced Tables v0.17.3
    14: Rollover Daily Todos v1.1.1
    15: Minimal Theme Settings v6.1.0
    16: Contextual Typography v2.2.4
    17: Checklist v2.2.10
    18: Style Settings v0.4.12
    19: Pipe tricks v1.1.0
    20: Auto Link Title v1.2.5
    21: Custom File Explorer sorting v1.2.0
    22: Github Publisher v4.5.1
    23: Frontmatter Links v1.1.0
    24: Waypoint v1.3.0
    25: Daily Notes Viewer v0.2.1
    26: Omnisearch v1.8.1

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Additional information

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2

That’s more a feature request than a bug.

Some people may like this behavior as it’s more standard vim.

I wonder if you could nunmap o and then nmap o A<CR> if you’re using the Vimrc Support plugin

3

Yes, I suppose it could be considered a feature request, although I’m not sure I understand why you consider this behavior “more standard Vim”?

For example, using o in Vim always respects autoindent and keeps the indentation level if applicable, which o in Obsidion doesn’t do either:

Vim:
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Obsidian:
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4

o does respect autoindent outside fenced code blocks.
So perhaps your bug report should be narrowed to what happens inside code blocks.

5

This is not a bug. It means that the vim emulator should be aware of the markdown syntax to understand that it should do what you are asking. Please, open a FR.