On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 11:15:25AM -0500, Paul Fox wrote:
> I seem to have missed "linebreak" mode when it was introduced,
> probably because I seldom use linewrap.  But my wife does and was
> asking about it today, so I was playing with linewrap, found
> linebreak, and...  discovered that it's broken.  At least, if I'm
> using it right, it is.
> 
> I start vile without init files.  Then:
>       set lw
>       set lb
> 
> When I type a long line, and reach the right screen edge, the line
> gets broken correctly, but as I keep typing, the new characters don't
> go at the end of the word that was just moved to the next line.  The
> cursor never moves to the right place.  (Until I type a space:  that
> it gets right, but then jumps back to the middle of the word for the
> next characters.)
> 
> I can't easily bisect releases to see where this broke, since in
> general I just install what apt offers me, and don't have old releases
> lying around.

I can bisect, etc., and see that this case (typing without spaces) never
did work as you expect (inserted text ok, cursor position not ok).

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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