1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/modal.zig b/src/modal.zig
index 11eda7b9..316a66fa 100644
--- a/src/modal.zig
+++ b/src/modal.zig
@@ -1773,12 +1773,10 @@ pub fn indentWidth(line: []const u8) usize {
     return w;
 }
 
-/// full indent LEVELS of a line as spaces (helix indent_level_for_line:
-/// partial levels round down) — what o/O/insert-newline copy.
+/// A line's indent as it is, tabs and spaces both, as acme's autoindent
+/// copies it: what o/O/insert-newline give the new line.
 pub fn indentText(line: []const u8) []const u8 {
-    const level = indentWidth(line) / INDENT_W;
-    const max = "                                "; // 8 levels is plenty (ponytail)
-    return max[0..@min(level * INDENT_W, max.len)];
+    return line[0 .. std.mem.indexOfNone(u8, line, " \t") orelse line.len];
 }
 
 /// Copy full indent levels and add one after (, [, {, or ), without parsing.