HAH!!! that did it. Thank you so much for your help. And thanks to everyone else who posted answers and\or comments.
s > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > Otto Moerbeek > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:16 PM > To: Openbsd Misc (E-mail) > Subject: Re: vi line wrap. > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:16:05AM -0500, Emilio Perea wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 04:31:51PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > > > On Apr 16 09:59:29, Stuart VanZee wrote: > > > > I've read the man page > > > > > > No you haven't: > > > > > > wraplen, wl [0] > > > vi only. Break lines automatically, the specified > number of > > > columns from the left-hand margin. If both the wraplen and > > > wrapmargin edit options are set, the wrapmargin > value is used. > > > > > > wrapmargin, wm [0] > > > vi only. Break lines automatically, the specified > number of > > > columns from the right-hand margin. If both the > wraplen and > > > wrapmargin edit options are set, the wrapmargin > value is used. > > > > I don't think that's what he was looking for. He was looking for a > > toggle for the lines wrapping in the vi display, nothing in the file > > contents. As I understand it he wanted to see only a part > of any lines > > longer than the display rather than have them wrap so as to > appear to be > > on the lines below. > > In that case, the leftright option might be the answer. > > -Otto
