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From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
Subject: vim/nvi Ignore wrapmargin
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Hi! I purchased and installed 2.2.1-RELEASE, the CD set, from Walnut
Creek. However, I have a problem with both nvi and vim. I :set
wrapmargin=0 (or wm=0), which according to O'Reilly's vi book, should
cause the editor to not wrap. It STILL wraps. I even set it to 20, which
should make it wrap 20 columns before the right "end of screen" and it
ignores that too ... do I need to find the source and compile, or what?
I have it in my .exrc (set wm=0) and tried doing it manually inside
the editor, with and without the .exrc file existing ... anyone have
a clue as to what is up here?

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