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. :)


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