Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:36:10 -0500 From: Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi and wrap text Message-ID: <1236261074.20031008103610@mygirlfriday.info> In-Reply-To: <20031008103050.13a8dc57.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> References: <20031008062245.7ea8c9b1.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <1665244909.20031008101914@mygirlfriday.info> <20031008103050.13a8dc57.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net>
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Hi Bryan, On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 10:30:50 AM, you wrote: B> Thanks for all the replies. I'm gonna read up on some of the B> things everyone told me but in the mean time I think I'm gonna B> take garys advise and try vim. It works great, and you can alias it in your shell .rc file, so vi=vim B> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:19:14 -0500 "Gary B> <gv-list-freebsdquestions"@mygirlfriday.info wrote: >> Hi Bryan, > > On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 6:22:45 AM, you wrote: >> > B> I want to know is there a way to wrap the text B> in vi? In emacs you can > B> just hit Esc+q and it will wrap B> the text. How about vi? > > I don't know any in VI, but if B> you install the VIM package, to wrap text, > you can just hit B> esc gqip and it is done.. > > -- > Gary > > Life is what B> happens to you when you're making other plans. > > BTW, if you use vim as your email text editor, it will eliminate the above problem and automatically reformat the >> for you.. <g> -- Gary Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.
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