"Osamu" == Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Osamu> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh
Osamu> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
With (n)vi you can say ":set wrapmargin=8" to cause wrapping around 8
characters before the end of the line.
lynx /usr/share/doc/nvi would be good reading for you. There are also
two tutorial files there, unzip them and read them in vi.
Osamu> Highlight with "V" and cursor move and "gq" does the trick.
Osamu> Wrap around can be done by ":set tw=72".
Osamu> Most people use VIM instead of VI to be sane. Try it.
I can't resist giving another opinon: when I want vi, I use vi (or,
more precisely, nvi on Debian systems). When I *need* vim, I simply
use emacs :-) (followups to this should probably be to
alt.religon.emacs or something like that).
I've used vi for at least 14 years now, I switched to emacs for
"heavy" editing about 10 years ago. But you *must* know vi if you ever
want to be real Unix user. Learn it. You will be rewarded. That is the
only reason I don't use vim - you don't find it on every Unix box,
just like emacs.
Cheers!
Shyamal
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