vi and wrap text

Gary gv-list-freebsdquestions at mygirlfriday.info
Wed Oct 8 08:36:14 PDT 2003


Hi Bryan,

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 10:30:50 AM, you wrote:

B> Thanks for all the replies. I'm gonna read up on some of the
B> things everyone told me but in the mean time I think I'm gonna
B> take garys advise and try vim.

It works great, and you can alias it in your shell .rc file, so vi=vim

B> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:19:14 -0500 "Gary
B> <gv-list-freebsdquestions"@mygirlfriday.info wrote:

>> Hi Bryan, > > On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 6:22:45 AM, you
wrote: >> > B> I want to know is there a way to wrap the text
B> in vi? In emacs you can > B> just hit Esc+q and it will wrap
B> the text. How about vi?  > > I don't know any in VI, but if
B> you install the VIM package, to wrap text, > you can just hit
B> esc gqip and it is done..  > > -- > Gary > > Life is what
B> happens to you when you're making other plans.  > >

BTW, if you use vim as your email text editor, it will eliminate the above
problem and automatically reformat the >> for you.. <g>

--
Gary

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. 



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