From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 08:36:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFDC16A4B3 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:36:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mygirlfriday.info (adsl-65-64-145-209.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [65.64.145.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A8243FD7 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:36:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info) Received: (qmail 88843 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2003 15:35:33 -0000 Received: from user204.net795.mo.sprint-hsd.net (HELO major.mygirlfriday.info) (65.41.216.204) by mongo.mygirlfriday.info with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 8 Oct 2003 15:35:33 -0000 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:36:10 -0500 From: Gary X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) Personal Organization: Hardly X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1236261074.20031008103610@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20031008103050.13a8dc57.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> References: <20031008062245.7ea8c9b1.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <1665244909.20031008101914@mygirlfriday.info> <20031008103050.13a8dc57.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: vi and wrap text X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:36:14 -0000 Hi Bryan, On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 10:30:50 AM, you wrote: B> Thanks for all the replies. I'm gonna read up on some of the B> things everyone told me but in the mean time I think I'm gonna B> take garys advise and try vim. It works great, and you can alias it in your shell .rc file, so vi=vim B> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:19:14 -0500 "Gary B> > Hi Bryan, > > On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 6:22:45 AM, you wrote: >> > B> I want to know is there a way to wrap the text B> in vi? In emacs you can > B> just hit Esc+q and it will wrap B> the text. How about vi? > > I don't know any in VI, but if B> you install the VIM package, to wrap text, > you can just hit B> esc gqip and it is done.. > > -- > Gary > > Life is what B> happens to you when you're making other plans. > > BTW, if you use vim as your email text editor, it will eliminate the above problem and automatically reformat the >> for you.. -- Gary Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.