Re: [Help-nano] how to make it default so that nano wraps lines at 80 columns

[Benno Schulenberg]

Hello Shirish,

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016, at 20:31, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> I have been trying to get nano to wrap as user (not as root) at an
> arbitary length of 80 columns on Debian stretch .

If you run '/bin/nano --ignore --fill=80 yourfile', does it
then correctly wrap at eighty columns?

If yes, then maybe you have 'nano' aliased to
'nano --nowrap'?  Try 'type -a nano'.

> Sharing a simple text file see
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0

I won't be looking at untrusted URLs.  If you want to give any
examples, paste them inline in the mail.

> Using ESC + L gives a wrapping at 137 columns

When you've used the option 'set fill', Esc L switches wrapping /off/.
Another Esc L will switch it back on.

Benno

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