How do I make nano act like vi when it comes to text wrapping?
When using vi and long lines, the text are wrap but vi doesn't insert a CR/LF at the end of the line. With nano, if I start typing and the line becomes too long, it will insert CR/LF at the end of the line.
How can I make nano behave like vi when it becomes to this feature?
vi newlines nano
edited Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
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When using vi and long lines, the text are wrap but vi doesn't insert a CR/LF at the end of the line. With nano, if I start typing and the line becomes too long, it will insert CR/LF at the end of the line.
How can I make nano behave like vi when it becomes to this feature?
vi newlines nano
edited Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
528k12810571583
asked Sep 5 '17 at 23:40
mrjayviper
4971619
add a comment |
When using vi and long lines, the text are wrap but vi doesn't insert a CR/LF at the end of the line. With nano, if I start typing and the line becomes too long, it will insert CR/LF at the end of the line.
How can I make nano behave like vi when it becomes to this feature?
vi newlines nano
edited Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
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asked Sep 5 '17 at 23:40
mrjayviper
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When using vi and long lines, the text are wrap but vi doesn't insert a CR/LF at the end of the line. With nano, if I start typing and the line becomes too long, it will insert CR/LF at the end of the line.
How can I make nano behave like vi when it becomes to this feature?
vi newlines nano
vi newlines nano
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Both nano and (most implementations of) vi have an optional line wrapping feature, where they replace the previous space by a line break¹ when the line becomes longer than a certain length. They behave differently when the cursor isn't at the end of the line, but it's fundamentally the same feature.
To disable this feature in nano, press Alt+L. In nvi, set wraplen and wrapmagin to 0 (:set wl=0 wm=0).
Vim also has a number of more advanced wrapping features which nano doesn't have an equivalent for.
If a line is too wide for the terminal, vi shows it wrapped by the terminal. Nano doesn't, you need to scroll left and right. If that's what you meant by “act like vi”, you're out of luck.
¹ Not a CR/LF. CR/LF is the encoding of line breaks on Windows. On Unix, a line break is encoded as LF.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
528k12810571583
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
add a comment |
https://askubuntu.com/questions/13317/how-to-stop-gedit-gvim-vim-nano-from-adding-end-of-file-newline-char
answered by @Marco Ceppi:
Nano Install Nano is a little easier. You can launch nano with the -L
flag (or --nonewlines if you're more the visual type). This will
disable the automatic addition of the newline to the end of the file
(so long as one was not actually entered). Ideally you could setup
this alias in your ~/.bashrc: alias nanon=nano -L which would launch
Nano with the no newlines flag included in it.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
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Open the nanorc generally at ~/.nanorc or /etc/nanorc, comment out the line
set nowrap
And uncomment line
set softwrap
Hope it helps.
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
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answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,set nowrapno longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignoreset softwrapand continue to hardwrap ifset nowrapisn't added. So add bothset nowrapandset softwrapfor textwrapping that doesn't break your files.
– x0a
4 mins ago
add a comment |
The wrapping behavior of nano 1, nano 2, and nano 3 differs.
On nano 1, you only have the set nowrap setting which disables all wrapping.
On nano 2, set softwrap enables softwrapping and disables hardwrapping.
On nano 3, set softwrap is ignored and nano continues to hardwrap unless you also set set nowrap.
So if you want text wrapping for long lines that doesn't break your configuration files (softwrapping only), this works for versions 2 and 3: ~/.nanorc
set nowrap
set softwrap
answered 2 mins ago
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Both nano and (most implementations of) vi have an optional line wrapping feature, where they replace the previous space by a line break¹ when the line becomes longer than a certain length. They behave differently when the cursor isn't at the end of the line, but it's fundamentally the same feature.
To disable this feature in nano, press Alt+L. In nvi, set wraplen and wrapmagin to 0 (:set wl=0 wm=0).
Vim also has a number of more advanced wrapping features which nano doesn't have an equivalent for.
If a line is too wide for the terminal, vi shows it wrapped by the terminal. Nano doesn't, you need to scroll left and right. If that's what you meant by “act like vi”, you're out of luck.
¹ Not a CR/LF. CR/LF is the encoding of line breaks on Windows. On Unix, a line break is encoded as LF.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
528k12810571583
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
add a comment |
Both nano and (most implementations of) vi have an optional line wrapping feature, where they replace the previous space by a line break¹ when the line becomes longer than a certain length. They behave differently when the cursor isn't at the end of the line, but it's fundamentally the same feature.
To disable this feature in nano, press Alt+L. In nvi, set wraplen and wrapmagin to 0 (:set wl=0 wm=0).
Vim also has a number of more advanced wrapping features which nano doesn't have an equivalent for.
If a line is too wide for the terminal, vi shows it wrapped by the terminal. Nano doesn't, you need to scroll left and right. If that's what you meant by “act like vi”, you're out of luck.
¹ Not a CR/LF. CR/LF is the encoding of line breaks on Windows. On Unix, a line break is encoded as LF.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
528k12810571583
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
add a comment |
Both nano and (most implementations of) vi have an optional line wrapping feature, where they replace the previous space by a line break¹ when the line becomes longer than a certain length. They behave differently when the cursor isn't at the end of the line, but it's fundamentally the same feature.
To disable this feature in nano, press Alt+L. In nvi, set wraplen and wrapmagin to 0 (:set wl=0 wm=0).
Vim also has a number of more advanced wrapping features which nano doesn't have an equivalent for.
If a line is too wide for the terminal, vi shows it wrapped by the terminal. Nano doesn't, you need to scroll left and right. If that's what you meant by “act like vi”, you're out of luck.
¹ Not a CR/LF. CR/LF is the encoding of line breaks on Windows. On Unix, a line break is encoded as LF.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
528k12810571583
Both nano and (most implementations of) vi have an optional line wrapping feature, where they replace the previous space by a line break¹ when the line becomes longer than a certain length. They behave differently when the cursor isn't at the end of the line, but it's fundamentally the same feature.
To disable this feature in nano, press Alt+L. In nvi, set wraplen and wrapmagin to 0 (:set wl=0 wm=0).
Vim also has a number of more advanced wrapping features which nano doesn't have an equivalent for.
If a line is too wide for the terminal, vi shows it wrapped by the terminal. Nano doesn't, you need to scroll left and right. If that's what you meant by “act like vi”, you're out of luck.
¹ Not a CR/LF. CR/LF is the encoding of line breaks on Windows. On Unix, a line break is encoded as LF.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
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answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
Gilles
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answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
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answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:56
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yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
add a comment |
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
yes, I meant the scrolling left/right to see the contents if the line is too long for the terminal window. On vi, it wraps around (but no line breaks).
– mrjayviper
Sep 6 '17 at 0:49
add a comment |
https://askubuntu.com/questions/13317/how-to-stop-gedit-gvim-vim-nano-from-adding-end-of-file-newline-char
answered by @Marco Ceppi:
Nano Install Nano is a little easier. You can launch nano with the -L
flag (or --nonewlines if you're more the visual type). This will
disable the automatic addition of the newline to the end of the file
(so long as one was not actually entered). Ideally you could setup
this alias in your ~/.bashrc: alias nanon=nano -L which would launch
Nano with the no newlines flag included in it.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
add a comment |
https://askubuntu.com/questions/13317/how-to-stop-gedit-gvim-vim-nano-from-adding-end-of-file-newline-char
answered by @Marco Ceppi:
Nano Install Nano is a little easier. You can launch nano with the -L
flag (or --nonewlines if you're more the visual type). This will
disable the automatic addition of the newline to the end of the file
(so long as one was not actually entered). Ideally you could setup
this alias in your ~/.bashrc: alias nanon=nano -L which would launch
Nano with the no newlines flag included in it.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
add a comment |
https://askubuntu.com/questions/13317/how-to-stop-gedit-gvim-vim-nano-from-adding-end-of-file-newline-char
answered by @Marco Ceppi:
Nano Install Nano is a little easier. You can launch nano with the -L
flag (or --nonewlines if you're more the visual type). This will
disable the automatic addition of the newline to the end of the file
(so long as one was not actually entered). Ideally you could setup
this alias in your ~/.bashrc: alias nanon=nano -L which would launch
Nano with the no newlines flag included in it.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
https://askubuntu.com/questions/13317/how-to-stop-gedit-gvim-vim-nano-from-adding-end-of-file-newline-char
answered by @Marco Ceppi:
Nano Install Nano is a little easier. You can launch nano with the -L
flag (or --nonewlines if you're more the visual type). This will
disable the automatic addition of the newline to the end of the file
(so long as one was not actually entered). Ideally you could setup
this alias in your ~/.bashrc: alias nanon=nano -L which would launch
Nano with the no newlines flag included in it.
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
answered Sep 5 '17 at 23:53
NOP
1184
1184
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Open the nanorc generally at ~/.nanorc or /etc/nanorc, comment out the line
set nowrap
And uncomment line
set softwrap
Hope it helps.
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,set nowrapno longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignoreset softwrapand continue to hardwrap ifset nowrapisn't added. So add bothset nowrapandset softwrapfor textwrapping that doesn't break your files.
– x0a
4 mins ago
add a comment |
Open the nanorc generally at ~/.nanorc or /etc/nanorc, comment out the line
set nowrap
And uncomment line
set softwrap
Hope it helps.
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,set nowrapno longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignoreset softwrapand continue to hardwrap ifset nowrapisn't added. So add bothset nowrapandset softwrapfor textwrapping that doesn't break your files.
– x0a
4 mins ago
add a comment |
Open the nanorc generally at ~/.nanorc or /etc/nanorc, comment out the line
set nowrap
And uncomment line
set softwrap
Hope it helps.
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
Open the nanorc generally at ~/.nanorc or /etc/nanorc, comment out the line
set nowrap
And uncomment line
set softwrap
Hope it helps.
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
edited Aug 24 at 11:59
GAD3R
25.4k1750106
25.4k1750106
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
312
answered Aug 24 at 10:22
Prashant Shubham
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Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,set nowrapno longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignoreset softwrapand continue to hardwrap ifset nowrapisn't added. So add bothset nowrapandset softwrapfor textwrapping that doesn't break your files.
– x0a
4 mins ago
add a comment |
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,set nowrapno longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignoreset softwrapand continue to hardwrap ifset nowrapisn't added. So add bothset nowrapandset softwrapfor textwrapping that doesn't break your files.
– x0a
4 mins ago
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,
set nowrap no longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignore set softwrap and continue to hardwrap if set nowrap isn't added. So add both set nowrap and set softwrap for textwrapping that doesn't break your files.– x0a
4 mins ago
Note: This only works for nano 2 and not nano 3. Since nano 2,
set nowrap no longer disables all wrapping, only hardwrapping, which is what the asker wants. And nano 3 will ignore set softwrap and continue to hardwrap if set nowrap isn't added. So add both set nowrap and set softwrap for textwrapping that doesn't break your files.– x0a
4 mins ago
add a comment |
The wrapping behavior of nano 1, nano 2, and nano 3 differs.
On nano 1, you only have the set nowrap setting which disables all wrapping.
On nano 2, set softwrap enables softwrapping and disables hardwrapping.
On nano 3, set softwrap is ignored and nano continues to hardwrap unless you also set set nowrap.
So if you want text wrapping for long lines that doesn't break your configuration files (softwrapping only), this works for versions 2 and 3: ~/.nanorc
set nowrap
set softwrap
answered 2 mins ago
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The wrapping behavior of nano 1, nano 2, and nano 3 differs.
On nano 1, you only have the set nowrap setting which disables all wrapping.
On nano 2, set softwrap enables softwrapping and disables hardwrapping.
On nano 3, set softwrap is ignored and nano continues to hardwrap unless you also set set nowrap.
So if you want text wrapping for long lines that doesn't break your configuration files (softwrapping only), this works for versions 2 and 3: ~/.nanorc
set nowrap
set softwrap
answered 2 mins ago
x0a
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The wrapping behavior of nano 1, nano 2, and nano 3 differs.
On nano 1, you only have the set nowrap setting which disables all wrapping.
On nano 2, set softwrap enables softwrapping and disables hardwrapping.
On nano 3, set softwrap is ignored and nano continues to hardwrap unless you also set set nowrap.
So if you want text wrapping for long lines that doesn't break your configuration files (softwrapping only), this works for versions 2 and 3: ~/.nanorc
set nowrap
set softwrap
answered 2 mins ago
x0a
1011
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The wrapping behavior of nano 1, nano 2, and nano 3 differs.
On nano 1, you only have the set nowrap setting which disables all wrapping.
On nano 2, set softwrap enables softwrapping and disables hardwrapping.
On nano 3, set softwrap is ignored and nano continues to hardwrap unless you also set set nowrap.
So if you want text wrapping for long lines that doesn't break your configuration files (softwrapping only), this works for versions 2 and 3: ~/.nanorc
set nowrap
set softwrap
answered 2 mins ago
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