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Old 12-07-2010
How to wrap words in vi?
I just typed several long lines into vi but I only want it to have 80 columns. How can I set this in vi?
# 2  
Old 12-07-2010
For the new text:

Code:
:set tw=80

For the already inserted text:

Code:
:%!fold -w80

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Old 12-07-2010
set: no tw option: 'set all' gives all option values.

I've tried this already and found out it was for vim, not vi Smilie

":%!fold -w80" works, but it cuts off words. I don't want it to cut off words, but move it to the next line if there's no enough columns left for the word.
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Old 12-07-2010
Sorry,
so try:

Code:
:set wrapmargin=15

for existing text:

Code:
%!fmt -80

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