August 29, 2023

Justify text in Vim

Install par, a programme to reformat paragraph:

$ sudo apt install par

In Vim:

:set formatprg=par

Now, to justify a paragraph for example, type:

gqip

in normal mode.

par was first written and released in 1993 by Adam M. Costello.

To learn more about par run:

$ man par

To learn more about gqip, in Vim, run:

:h gq

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I do self-funded research and I'm writing a book.

> What's the book about?

About technologies and agency.

Meaning, technologies can foster agency. No doubt. But I am also asking:

Can usage of technologies give us a sense of empowerment while in fact undermining our abilities?

I posted a summary of the prologue on the homepage: https://yctct.com/

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