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Hi,

I am used to work in vim editor. I have moved to a different organisation and there is one setting in vim that I wish to change.

Open vim and give ":se all" on command line. Scroll and look for "breakat" setting. It is set as follows in my current organisation-

Code:

breakat= ^I!@*-+;:,./?

I want to change this. I dont want "-" in the word break list. This helps me to navigate through the code. Pressing "*" on any word makes vim search for that word in the file. I work in COBOL and 99% of the words we use have "-". Presence of "-" in the breakat list passes partial word to vim for search.

Thanks.

If you want to change it use the

Code:

:set set breakat  String 
Where 
       String contains all the character which you want as a break 
for ex: 
           String =":-()" ;

Hope you know this will not work in Vi editor.

Thanks for the reply, but sorry its not working. Is it working for you?

Code:

:set set breakat "@+"
E518: Unknown option: set  
:set set breakat ="@+"
E518: Unknown option: set  
 
:set breakat="@+"

This one is accepted by vim, but its not serving the purpose. Still the word is broken at "-". Also, after doing this I dont get the "breakat" option in ":set all" also.

Please let me know that whether you are using Vi or Vim

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To make this option work I think we should enable the linebreak
for ex :

Code:

:set lbr 
:set breakat="characters"

This will work.

I am using vim.

I have set the lbr option, but still its breaking at "-".

Can you tell me what characters you have in your breakat?

I have used @+ as a characters ,
Also use :set showbreak

Does anyone have any other way out?