vi question

p-static · 08-13-2004, 07:53 PM

When i'm typing in vi, it insists on adding newlines whenever i hit the edge of the screen. Now, this does make it easier to read, but it's also annoying. How can I disable this?

BigNate · 08-13-2004, 08:38 PM

hmmm, well you need to either create or edit your

$HOME/.vimrc

I believe adding

set nowrap

should do it, but maybe not.

stickman · 08-13-2004, 09:15 PM

Is it actually adding a carriage return at the of the screen or just wrapping the line? If it's just wrapping, set nowrap as BigNate mentioned.

p-static · 08-13-2004, 09:53 PM

It's actually skipping down to the next line, not just wrapping. Like, when I do a readline from a python script, it reads a newline character at the end of the line where it wrapped. Nowrap is one way to do it, but i'd rather have it wrap without adding the newline. I remember that it used to do that, but with a new install, the default behavior changed.

p-static · 08-14-2004, 08:11 PM

Hate to do this, but *bump*