Re: [Nano-devel] the mechanics of wrapping

[James Freer]

On 02/06/2014, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello James,
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014, at 8:42, James Freer wrote:
>> I'd be grateful if someone could clarify if nano can be set up for
>> what I call 'softwrap' for long lines. In gedit wordwrap is exactly
>> that and the same with emacs 'visual line mode' or Vim's set
>> linebreak.
>
> Ah.  You mean a softwrap that only breaks at whitespace?
> Nano doesn't do that.  It would require a patch.
>
>> There is softwrap in nano but it wraps long lines without removing
>> spaces and not saving in that mode.
>
> "Saving in that mode"?  Softwrap is a setting of the editor, not an
> attribute associated with a file.  Also in vim, when using :set linebreak
> for some file, vim doesn't remember this for the next session.
>
> So no, nano doesn't do wordwrap, it doesn't respect the integrity
> of words when doing softwrap.
>
> Benno

Hello Benno

I notice that colleagues and yourself are doing some development work
on wrapping lines and i was wondering if you were considering softwrap
for nano.

james