Minimal automatic list continuing for ordered and unordered lists for nvim in Lua

autolist.lua

M.autolist = function()
	local preceding_line = vim.fn.getline(vim.fn.line(".") - 1)
    if preceding_line:match("^%s*%d+%.%s.") then
		local list_index = preceding_line:match("%d+")
	    print(list_index .. "t")
		vim.fn.setline(".", preceding_line:match("^%s*") .. list_index + 1 .. ". ")
		vim.cmd([[execute "normal \<esc>A\<space>"]])
	elseif preceding_line:match("^%s*%d+%.%s$") then
		vim.fn.setline(vim.fn.line(".") - 1, "")
	elseif preceding_line:match("^%s*[-+*]") and #preceding_line:match("[-+*].*") == 1 then
		vim.fn.setline(vim.fn.line(".") - 1, "")
		vim.fn.setline(".", "")
	end
end

-- all of the above should go in your func file (for me its func.lua and ive just got a local M = {} and a return M at the end)

function map(mode, keys, output)
	vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(mode, keys, output, { noremap = true, silent = true})
end

function imap(keys, output)
	map("i", keys, output)
end

function au(evt, pat, cmd) -- (string|table), (string|table), (string)
	vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(evt, { pattern = pat, command = cmd, })
end


imap("<cr>", [[<cr><cmd>lua require('func').autolist()<cr>]])

au("FileType", "markdown", "setl comments=b:*,b:-,b:+,n:>")
au("FileType", "markdown", "setl formatoptions+=r")

desc.md

Autolist

Minimal automatic list continuing for ordered and unordered lists for nvim in lua

Made a plugin for this

https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/wpoq51/autolistnvim_lua_powered_list_continuation_plugin/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

(cant be bothered to search for the link, this was in my clipboard so yeah)

supports:

• tabs
• autodeletes empty list bullets
• indented lists with and

doesn't support:

• renumbering of lists

Installation

If your lua config is organised, you should have a file for options, for mappings etc. Put the top function in some function file, and put everything below the "all of the above" comment into a mappings and autocommands file. You don't have to 'require' the file with the functions in the init, just "require('func').autolist()".

credit to https://gist.github.com/sedm0784/dffda43bcfb4728f8e90
edit: wrong link

Made a plugin for this, here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/wpoq51/autolistnvim_lua_powered_list_continuation_plugin/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

(cant be bothered to search for the link, this was in my clipboard so yeah)