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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:17:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To: jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>
cc: Jack W Doyle <n9ogk@juno.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: vi question
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, jadeite wrote:

> Well,
> 	You can type (within vi) :set wrapmargin=#, where # is the size of
> the right margin that will be used to autowrap the text as you type.  You
> can type :set wrapmargin? to find out the default value.  If you would
> like this to be set everytime you start up vi, you call make a .exrc file
> in your home directory and that will be your default configuration.  If
> you would like shortcut keys, you can type "map shortcut_keys
> sequence_of_commands"  eg.  map nw :set wrapmargin=0
> Hope this helps.

Yes, but if you do that, you'll get hard carriage returns at the end
of every line.  This is not "like a wordproc".  

Annelise
> 
> On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Jack W Doyle wrote:
> 
> > One question:  How can I set vi to automatically wrap words like a
> > wordproc, with another alias to override that setting if I am to write
> > programs?
> > 
> > Jack
> > 
> > 
> > You know you've been using UNIX enough when:
> > * You remember UNIX commands faster than those for DOS.
> > * You try to configure Win95 the same way you try to configure your X
> > window manager.
> > * Someone asks you what wordproc you use and you reply 'vi' (or your
> > favorite text editor).
> > * You type 'ls -a' instead of 'dir /w' in DOS.
> > 
>