Vim and word wrap
As I use vim mostly for programming, I have disabled automatic word-wrap by default. Follow these steps to enable automatic soft* word-wrap (without inserting hard* linebreaks) on a per-window basis. (As can be useful when writing or reading long texts.)
Disable automatic hard* linebreak: :set textwidth=0.
This can be put in vimrc (without “:”)
to make this the default behaviour (which it actually already is).
Disable wrap based on terminal size: :set wrapmargin=0.
Should also be put in vimrc.
Enable wordwrap:
:set wrap " enable soft\* linebreak
:set linebreak " only break at a character in the 'breakat' option
:set nolist " list (marking whitepsace) might disable linebreak
If you haven’t enabled automatic hard linebreak,
terminal-based wrap or list-mode,
:set wrap and :set linebreak should suffice.
And, even though
the manual
says linebreak is “not used” when wrap is not set,
only :set linebreak seems to be required in most cases.
*) “hard linebreak” means actual newline-characters that are saved with the document, while “soft linebreaks” are when the editor dynamically wraps the text to fit the width of the window.
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