On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:59:17PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > hello all > > > > i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity - > > 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though. > > > > one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end of > > the line, it juts cuts the word. it neither hyphanates nor pushes it to > > the next line. is there way i could make vi do this? > > I am not certain what your referring to, but it sounds like vi is just > making the line longer, it may *appear* it is going to the next line > but chances are good that its the same line. You can test this by typing > several lines, then going back to command mode (<ESCAPE>) and scroll up > and down the file, it will scroll one line at a time, if it jumps 2-3 lines > at once, that is just 1 really long line.
you are right. it is one line. but on screen it appears to be several lines. anyway, any solution? thanx anyway sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- Finagle's Eighth Law: If an experiment works, something has gone wrong. Finagle's Ninth Law: No matter what results are expected, someone is always willing to fake it. Finagle's Tenth Law: No matter what the result someone is always eager to misinterpret it. Finagle's Eleventh Law: No matter what occurs, someone believes it happened according to his pet theory.
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