Make nano hard-wrap lines at 80 characters












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I saw Long line wrapping in Nano and while the manpage says -




set fill number - Hard-wrap lines at column number number. If
number is 0 or less, the maximum line length will be the screen width
less number columns. The default value is -8.




This is how my ~/.nanorc is looking -



[$] cat ~/.nanorc

set autoindent
set backup
set constantshow
set fill 80


What I want is that once I start writing something, I should not have to have to break my rhythm of writing and once 80 characters exceed on a line it should hand-wrap and come to the starting of next line which does not happen atm.



What am I doing wrong ?



Update - I tried doing at thomas shared -



[$] cat .nanorc

set autoindent
set backup
set constantshow
set fill 64 columns


still no go, Using nano 2.7.1-1










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    I saw Long line wrapping in Nano and while the manpage says -




    set fill number - Hard-wrap lines at column number number. If
    number is 0 or less, the maximum line length will be the screen width
    less number columns. The default value is -8.




    This is how my ~/.nanorc is looking -



    [$] cat ~/.nanorc

    set autoindent
    set backup
    set constantshow
    set fill 80


    What I want is that once I start writing something, I should not have to have to break my rhythm of writing and once 80 characters exceed on a line it should hand-wrap and come to the starting of next line which does not happen atm.



    What am I doing wrong ?



    Update - I tried doing at thomas shared -



    [$] cat .nanorc

    set autoindent
    set backup
    set constantshow
    set fill 64 columns


    still no go, Using nano 2.7.1-1










    share|improve this question
















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      I saw Long line wrapping in Nano and while the manpage says -




      set fill number - Hard-wrap lines at column number number. If
      number is 0 or less, the maximum line length will be the screen width
      less number columns. The default value is -8.




      This is how my ~/.nanorc is looking -



      [$] cat ~/.nanorc

      set autoindent
      set backup
      set constantshow
      set fill 80


      What I want is that once I start writing something, I should not have to have to break my rhythm of writing and once 80 characters exceed on a line it should hand-wrap and come to the starting of next line which does not happen atm.



      What am I doing wrong ?



      Update - I tried doing at thomas shared -



      [$] cat .nanorc

      set autoindent
      set backup
      set constantshow
      set fill 64 columns


      still no go, Using nano 2.7.1-1










      share|improve this question
















      I saw Long line wrapping in Nano and while the manpage says -




      set fill number - Hard-wrap lines at column number number. If
      number is 0 or less, the maximum line length will be the screen width
      less number columns. The default value is -8.




      This is how my ~/.nanorc is looking -



      [$] cat ~/.nanorc

      set autoindent
      set backup
      set constantshow
      set fill 80


      What I want is that once I start writing something, I should not have to have to break my rhythm of writing and once 80 characters exceed on a line it should hand-wrap and come to the starting of next line which does not happen atm.



      What am I doing wrong ?



      Update - I tried doing at thomas shared -



      [$] cat .nanorc

      set autoindent
      set backup
      set constantshow
      set fill 64 columns


      still no go, Using nano 2.7.1-1







      debian nano






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          Your .nanorc appears to be trying to set the margin at eighty-percent. But the manual says that the number is columns. Perhaps you meant something like



          80 * .80 = 64 columns





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          • I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

            – shirish
            Nov 10 '16 at 21:37











          • In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

            – Thomas Dickey
            Nov 10 '16 at 22:40











          • I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

            – shirish
            Nov 11 '16 at 6:27











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          Your .nanorc appears to be trying to set the margin at eighty-percent. But the manual says that the number is columns. Perhaps you meant something like



          80 * .80 = 64 columns





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          • I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

            – shirish
            Nov 10 '16 at 21:37











          • In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

            – Thomas Dickey
            Nov 10 '16 at 22:40











          • I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

            – shirish
            Nov 11 '16 at 6:27
















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          Your .nanorc appears to be trying to set the margin at eighty-percent. But the manual says that the number is columns. Perhaps you meant something like



          80 * .80 = 64 columns





          share|improve this answer
























          • I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

            – shirish
            Nov 10 '16 at 21:37











          • In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

            – Thomas Dickey
            Nov 10 '16 at 22:40











          • I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

            – shirish
            Nov 11 '16 at 6:27














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          Your .nanorc appears to be trying to set the margin at eighty-percent. But the manual says that the number is columns. Perhaps you meant something like



          80 * .80 = 64 columns





          share|improve this answer













          Your .nanorc appears to be trying to set the margin at eighty-percent. But the manual says that the number is columns. Perhaps you meant something like



          80 * .80 = 64 columns






          share|improve this answer












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          answered Nov 10 '16 at 21:27









          Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey

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          • I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

            – shirish
            Nov 10 '16 at 21:37











          • In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

            – Thomas Dickey
            Nov 10 '16 at 22:40











          • I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

            – shirish
            Nov 11 '16 at 6:27



















          • I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

            – shirish
            Nov 10 '16 at 21:37











          • In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

            – Thomas Dickey
            Nov 10 '16 at 22:40











          • I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

            – shirish
            Nov 11 '16 at 6:27

















          I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

          – shirish
          Nov 10 '16 at 21:37





          I have updated my question, maybe you can help me figure it out, I didn't get your answer.

          – shirish
          Nov 10 '16 at 21:37













          In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

          – Thomas Dickey
          Nov 10 '16 at 22:40





          In a quick check, using your .nanorc and current code it wraps for me. You'll have to provide more details.

          – Thomas Dickey
          Nov 10 '16 at 22:40













          I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

          – shirish
          Nov 11 '16 at 6:27





          I am using the buffer as a text editor. It doesn't wrap the text for me. Could you share you nanorc, the way it is written at your end. Maybe something I missed or it's a bug, have to know to figure it out. Sharing a single line text I created dropbox.com/s/tb1n8vmyxm7jiuv/sample.txt?dl=0 and s12.postimg.org/p2ln0k10d/nano_buffer_no_wrapping.png as a screenshot of the buffer. Hopefully you will be able to figure out what is going wrong.

          – shirish
          Nov 11 '16 at 6:27


















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