Vi Columns

Chaitanyayardi · 05-11-2005, 11:24 PM

How can I set no of columns in vi editor? So that it will show only those characters in one line

ashamril · 05-11-2005, 11:43 PM

i'm not sure whether this is u looking for,

in vi:

:set number

Chaitanyayardi · 05-11-2005, 11:58 PM

Sorry but that doesnt fulfill my req. Actually i have 480 char long text having 48 chars logical line there is no end line char at 49th. But i would like to see that string in 10 lines having 48 chars each in Vi.

ashamril · 05-12-2005, 02:08 AM

i'm not sure whether vi can do such thing, but u might try fmt - simple optimal text formatter

$ fmt -w 48 filename

kencaz · 05-12-2005, 02:31 AM

You might try:
:set wrapmargin=32
:set wrap
This should set the wrap margin at 48. (80 - 48)

KC

Chaitanyayardi · 05-12-2005, 07:27 AM

Sorry Both things are not working. One more thing is that 480 char string may have spaces.