Re: [ jEdit-users ] wrap function doesn't wrap everything

[Andy S. <an...@ru...>]

On Tuesday 09 August 2005 01:31 am, Thomas Hygum wrote:
> I can't get Jedit to hard wrap my php-files. If I use "soft wrap", it 
> only wraps most of the lines. If I use "hard wrap" it wraps fewer of the 
> lines! But I want jedit to wrap ALL lines whatsoever without exceptions 
> - in the middle of words if nessesary. That is my idea of a "hard wrap".
> 
> How do I make Jedit do that?
> 

To get a better idea of what jEdit is doing you might go to the Global Options 
--> jEdit --> Text Area option pane and turn on "End of line markers" and 
"Wrap guide."

"soft wrap" does not change your file, but just wraps long lines on the 
screen.

"hard wrap" truly breaks lines by adding your OS's line separator string to 
the file: "\r\n" or "\n".

In both cases the wrapping takes place before or after words, not within them.  
You must have some long lines containing no whitespace in which case jEdit is 
wrapping them at the end of the line even if the line is longer than your 
wrap margin.  If you want to break them up, write a macro (see the "Text" 
macros that come with the standard install for a starting point).

Andy

(Can't help but add that if it is your coding practice to write long lines of 
code with no whitespace you might want to reconsider that ;-)