XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.thunderbird   
   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:05:29 -0700, Oliver wrote:   
   > gVim can set line length, but I can't figure out how yet as this should   
   > work but it doesn't "do anything" unless you're typing already on the line.   
   >   :set textwidth=80   
      
   While you're typing Vim or gvim will insert a hard carriage return   
   before a word that contains the 81st character on a line (based on   
   your example of :set tw=80). BTW, 80 is probably too long for   
   monospace characters to be read comfortably.   
      
   > The good news is this doesn't truncate words when it works but it   
   > doesn't really work because you have to be _editing_ the line to   
   > work.   
      
   Not quite accurate, I'm afraid.   
      
   1. It's not just any "editing" but the very specific act of inserting   
   or appending characters. Editing commands like :s never trigger   
   breaking the line (unless of course your replacement text contains   
   \r, which is a line split).   
      
   2. Even when editing or appending, if your new characters don't   
   actually cross over the "textwidth"th character, the line won't be   
   broken.   
      
   3. You can of course rewrap previously typed lines, with the gq   
   command. Again, the rewrap inserts hard returns.   
      
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