Small patch of autowrap.kak to preserve indentation

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Exactly what it says on the tin. By changing one line in autowrap.kak, the autowrapped lines will have the same indentation as the line above. I’ve included the patch below if you want to apply it.

--- /usr/share/kak/rc/tools/autowrap.kak	2025-06-13 16:08:11.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/fic/.config/kak/autoload/autowrap.kak	2025-06-23 14:39:54.592580870 -0400
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
             reg m "%val{selections_desc}"
 
             ## if we're adding characters past the limit, just wrap them around
-            execute-keys -draft "<a-h><a-k>.{%opt{autowrap_column}}\h*[^\s]*<ret>1s(\h+)[^\h]*\z<ret>c<ret>"
+            ## PATCH: added <esc>ghH<a-&> to preserve prev line indent when wrapping.
+            execute-keys -draft "<a-h><a-k>.{%opt{autowrap_column}}\h*[^\s]*<ret>1s(\h+)[^\h]*\z<ret>c<ret><esc>ghH<a-&>"
         } catch %{
             ## if we're adding characters in the middle of a sentence, use
             ## the `fmtcmd` command to wrap the entire paragraph
@@ -48,3 +49,4 @@
 define-command autowrap-disable -docstring "Disable automatic line wrapping" %{
     remove-hooks window autowrap
 }
+
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