Subj : Re: What is your preferred editor for scripting or quick editing?
To : Accession
From : Vk3jed
Date : Tue Sep 19 2017 11:38 am
-=> Accession wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Ac> Instead, try using v2.8.6 or above. (I'm currently using v2.8.7, which
Ac> may be the latest version). Now in conjunction with softwrap (-$
Ac> switch) you can use "set atblanks" in your nanorc. This will now save
Ac> word boundaries when wrapping at the end of the line, and also keeping
Ac> your 'paragraph' in tact, no matter what size your screen or window is.
I use all sorts of versions, depends what system I'm on, so probably best to be
consistent with the -w for programming.
Ac> Older versions would wrap at the end of the line, no matter if you were
Ac> in the middle of a word or not, and would crop up the word displaying
Ac> it on both lines instead of wrapping the whole word.
Been ages since I've used word wrapping in nano. :)
Ac> I never liked the -w switch, so I requested the softwrap feature above
Ac> somewhere around v2.8.4. I tested some patches submitted with a few
Ac> others, and it was included in v2.8.6 and above. Now I use it as my
Ac> default editor for posting messages here even.
Soft wrap is definitely a great option for a message editor. :)
