Re: [Nano-devel] feature request: pref for justify and long line wrapping width

[Benno Schulenberg]

John Gabriele wrote:
> When I hit ^J, the paragraph gets justified to the window width.
>
> I think it would be very helpful if there was a setting available
> in my ~/.nanorc where I could set the justify width independent
> of the window width (say, a default of 72).

There already is: 'fill'.  Put 'set fill 72' in your nanorc, or use 
--fill=72 on the commandline.  The default is -8, which is relative 
to screen size.  See man nanorc.

> Although I don't often use M-L (long line wrapping), it would
> probably make sense to add a preference setting in the ~/.nanorc
> for this as well (for when it's enabled) for consistency.

This is the same as 'fill'.

Benno