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