On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:08:45PM -0600 or thereabouts, will trillich wrote: > > anyone of you using vi with woody having the same problem? > > how'd u set or fix your wrap margins? > > within most vi clones and derivatives, try > :set all > to see ALL the available options. one of them will do what > you're after (on my vim, it's "textwidth" or "tw" for short). > > while we're at it, try > update-alternatives --display vi > to see which vi you're actually using. i found out i was using elvis-tiny so i tried elvis, then vim. > > if you're lucky (and a resource hog) you're actually using vim, > which has a 'textwidth' or 'tw' option instead. it just now > wrapped "which" and "wrapped" to the next line as i type this... really strange. i've been using "wraplen" since the hamm release and never have i used others. now with your suggestions and from others i've set my "textwidth" to 79. > > it also reformatted your long-line message above (complete with > leading ">" marks, at no extra charge) via typically obscure > command keystrokes g q i p which re-wraps the paragraph where > the cursor is. lol. i noticed thanks. > > if you're NOT using vim, and don't have resource constraints, do > > apt-get install vim vim-rt > update-alternatives --configure vim > > and see what you've been missing. > whoa! lots of features in there. looks like i've been doin' things the ancient way and never bothered with macros. thanks to all who replied. Cheers, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = 9DE1 5825 77B4 FF45 7485 D3EB DCCF DE48 09B6 4426 -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Who's watching the watchmen?"
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