Russ Sharek

Today's computer touching lesson is a reminder to myself not to add anything to a config file which I do not fully understand:

Somewhere along my rambling path to setting up vi/nvi, I managed to borrow a setting which disabled soft wrapped lines.

It turns out removing `set leftright` lets me enjoy a world where lines can be longer than my screen. :)

#vi
#nvi
#PlainText
#AmLearning
#TechnicalJiggeryPokery

Mar 25 at 11:46pmWeb
Show threadGlowing Cat of the Nuclear WastelandsMar 25
@RussSharek I need to figure out if there's a setting like that for my Nextcloud install. I've been having the fun adventure lately where if a file is a .txt it won't do a line wrap on it, but if it's a .md it will. I've just been making everything a markdown file, but it's slightly irksome that this very common toggelable feature does not appear to be available on Nextcloud.
Show threadRuss SharekMar 26

@deathkitten

Web applications always frustrate me. I hope you find a solution.

Show threadPaul SomeoneElseMar 26
You probably already know but just in case:

":set" shows them, and ":set all" shows all of the possible ones.

I like leftright because I'm not a barbarian, but to each
their own.

Show threadRuss SharekMar 26

@pkw

I'm only part barbarian, and so I'm still figuring out what works best for me. :)

I have a couple of long line loving projects which I am a part of, so I'm trying to play well with others.

I knew about set, but .set was new to me...thanks!

Show threadPaul SomeoneElseMar 26
:)

Oh this is fun. I sorta knew you could shorten the
settings for to make it easier to just change it temporariilly.

Like :set nu :set nonu

(number and nonumber)

But now I see it works with leftright too.

try:
:set le and :set nole

I assume it is letting you shorten the option as
long as it stays distinct.
Show threadRuss SharekMar 26

@pkw

That's *handy*.

I found a few of those in the man pages, but I didn't know any unique abbreviations would work.