Re: Searching: console editor with soft-wrapping

From: Ed Hurst (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:42:29 -0600

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

>>Does anyone know of a console editor that allows soft-wrapping? That
>>is, it will allow wrapping text to display width but not insert line
>>breaks.
>
> Virtually all of them will do that. ee(1) is the only one I can think
> of that won't. What is your favorite editor?

Currently joe. It does allow long lines, but won't wrap them visually
without adding line-breaks. Of course, emacs does it but I already have
an OS. I was hoping for something rather small and simple, hopefully
modeless. 

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