[NCLUG] vi word-wrap, please help !

[Eric Brunson]

It depends on which version of vi you're using.  What kind of system
is it on?  If it's linux there are at least 3 versions of vi you may
be using.  If it's stock solaris or some such, then you're probably
running the OS version unless your sysadmin installed a different
version.

* Gabriel L Somlo (somlo at CS.ColoState.EDU) [011027 17:08]:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> During the last year or so, I got hooked on vi. I was using NEdit before,
> and now I find myself typing vi stuff into it, so I guess it's time to say
> goodbye.
> 
> The only thing that drives me nuts is that, when writing lengthy text
> documents (e.g., papers), vi insists on either indiscriminately wrapping a
> long line regardless of word boundaries, or it inserts newline
> characters before a line gets too long, thus turning a long line into lots
> of short ones.
> 
> My question is: Can I tweak vi into keeping long lines intact, displaying
> them wrapped, but wrap them on word boundaries instead of every
> 'screenwidth' characters ?
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Gabriel
> 
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