[Nano-devel] Re: wrapping and -w switch

[Jordi Mallach]

Hi Hugo,

On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:50:37PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> I like that nano now doesn't wrap by default. I would like to be able to
> turn on wrapping though, from a command line switch. Seeing as -w was 
> disable wrap, and wrap is now off by default, maybe -w can now be enable 
> wrap instead?

Hmm, I wouldn't do it that way, I would use another switch. Normally,
switches take precedence over rcfiles, so -w should always do the same,
regardless of what's in your nanorc.
This issue has come out more times.
Currently, you could switch to wrapping with meta-w once you get in
nano.

Chris, would having some options without short versions a good idea?
Like this:
-w, --nowrap
    --withwrap

(or some other name)

As nano by default does wrapping, you could use --withwrap to enable it
if you have it disabled on the nanorc.
Same for the other relevant options, like autoindent, etc.

> I think I should report wishlist bug? (Once I'm sure that there isn't 
> some parameter already available that I missed...)

There's the meta-w thing, dunno if that's acceptable for you.

Jordi
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