Re: Nano: disable hard wrapping by default

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 11/11/2018 09.02, swedebugia wrote:
> > It looks like the option to use would be:
> >
> > -r number, --fill=number
> > Hard-wrap  lines at column number.  If this value is 0 or less, 
> > wrapping will occur at the width of the screen less number columns, 
> > allowing the wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen  
> > if  the screen is resized.  The default value is -8.  This option 
> > conflicts with -w (--nowrap) -- the last one given takes effect.
>
> If I understand you correctly adding this as root would reenable the -w 
> behavior?

To me it reads like it should, yes. Especially since no other option 
comes close and it's explicitly in conflict with --nowrap.

In principle, to be certain, one would have to ask a maintainer, or read 
the code, or best of all, test it, though.


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