Smart Wrap in Vim

Question

I have been wondering if Vim has the capability to smart wrap lines of code, so that it keeps the same indentation as the line that it is indenting. I have noticed it on som

Answer 1

There is a patch for this, but it's been lingering for years and last time I checked did not apply cleanly. See the "Correctly indent wrapped lines" entry in http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/web/vim-patches -- I really wish this would get in the mainline.

Update: that link seems to have bitrotted. Here is a more up to date version of the patch.

Update 2: it has been merged upstream (as of 7.4.345), so now you only have to :set breakindent.