XPost: news.software.readers   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Lewis  wrote:   
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>Rockinghorse Winner  wrote:   
      
   >>>I remember using nn and liking it for it's speed and extensive   
   >>>key bindings.  However, not wrapping long lines would be a deal   
   >>>breaker. Does it really not have this capability..?   
      
   >>Good heavens.   
      
   >>First starting on Usenet in the '90s, my newsreader called the text   
   >>editor of my choice for use in the composer. I used the original vi.   
   >>Much later, I switched to vim. I had to enter my own line boundary   
   >>within paragraphs. It was just like using a typewriter. It was something   
   >>I was used to.   
      
   >WEll, you do not have to do that in vim, it does line breaks as yu type   
   >just fine.   
      
   Eh. That command got turned on automatically in some linux update and   
   I'm not sure which one it is. I haven't looked for it in the help text.   
   Much of the time, I'd prefer not to have the automatic line break   
   because I still have to reformat the paragraph.   
      
   >However, not being able to wrap text in a newsreader is, I think,   
   >obviously talking about READING posts. And not being able to line wrap   
   >posts would make any news reader largely useless or very very   
   >aggravating in 2022.   
      
   My terminal emulation does that, not the newsreader.   
      
   >I even wish I could set a wrap length for slrn other than "window width"   
   >as readable text on a 16:9 laptop screen is only about half the width of   
   >the window.   
      
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