foldmethod=indent gets confused

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Published on 2010-06-04T04:37:36Z Indexed on 2010/06/06 7:02 UTC
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Normally a great boon to humanity, on occasion vim's indent-based folding will get confused and need a reset via :set foldmethod=indent. Symptoms include the appearance of consecutive folded lines in the window.

Is there a way to avoid having this happen? Is it just me?

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