Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:03:40 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi and wrap text Message-ID: <20031008170340.GA42240@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <1665244909.20031008101914@mygirlfriday.info> References: <20031008062245.7ea8c9b1.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <1665244909.20031008101914@mygirlfriday.info>
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2003, "Gary <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 in vi? In emacs you can
>B> just hit Esc+q and it will wrap the text. How about vi?
>I don't know any in VI, but if you install the VIM package, to wrap text,
>you can just hit esc gqip and it is done..
Adding ``set wm=15'' to your ~/.exrc or ~.vimrc file will cause vi or vim
to automatically wrap margins 15 characters to the left of the right
margin. ``set wm=0'' turns off automatic wrapping. Another one I use a
lot in my ~.vimrc file is ``map <F5> {!}fmt'' which rewraps the current
paragraph the cursor is in when I press the F5 key. This maps the key
sequence ``{!}fmt'' to the F5 key ``{'' top of paragraph, ``!'' execute
command ``}'' to bottom of paragraph, ``fmt'' the command to execute.
Bill
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