[ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Bugs-1623562 ] Word Wrap does not work in Hard mode

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Bugs item #1623562, was opened at 2006-12-28 11:47
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Category: editor core
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Status: Open
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Submitted By: Geoff (geofflaw)
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Summary: Word Wrap does not work in Hard mode

Initial Comment:
When a line contains a lot of text then I have observe the following:

Word Wrap: None - works exactly as expected, long lines are displayed on one long line
Word Wrap: Soft - breaks lines where there is a space character, which is as I would expect
Word Wrap: Hard - initially looks like None but after "Format Paragraph" looks like soft, looks like a bug

Changes made using Buffer Options.

I would expect Hard to wrap at 80 characters irrespective to space characters etc.

Selecting Hard mode and then "Format Paragraph" marks the file as Edited which is not what I would expect having typed nothing.

Using jEdit 4.3 Pre 8

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>Comment By: Geoff (geofflaw)
Date: 2006-12-29 23:10

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I have attached the old document from the help and my proposed update
which I think helps clarify the matter. I am happy for this to be improved
upon.

I will raise the feature request when I have written some more detail on
it.

Thanks, Geoff

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Comment By: Matthieu Casanova (kpouer)
Date: 2006-12-29 13:46

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Hi, maybe there is a missing information in the doc : the line is broken
only on spaces.
And yes I think a new feature request for a wrap mode : window is the
right thing. Unless someone knows a way to do that ? But I don't think it
is already possible

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Comment By: Geoff (geofflaw)
Date: 2006-12-29 12:01

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I have attached a test file, this does not seem to work with Hard Wrap as
described in the documentation you quoted, so that may be a bug. However I
do fail to see the use of the hard mode but let's not go there!

Shall I raise a Feature Request for "Wrap Mode: Window" then? This sounds
like the right way forward to me what do you think?
File Added: jEditTestFile.txt

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Comment By: Matthieu Casanova (kpouer)
Date: 2006-12-29 11:28

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Hi, I was wrong about the comparison with word processors, you're right.
But here is the doc of the Hard Wrap

In hard wrap mode, inserting text at the end of a line will automatically
break the line if it extends beyond the wrap margin. Inserting or removing
text in the middle of a line has no effect, however text can be re-wrapped
using the Edit>Text>Format Paragraph command.

What you expect is a softwrap that do not cut between words but at a fixed
column count right ?
I'm sorry this is not a bug since the hard wrap does what the doc says. It
is a new feature request I think (or maybe it is possible to do that with
the soft wrap ?)

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Comment By: Geoff (geofflaw)
Date: 2006-12-29 11:15

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I have to disagree, word processors do not break up long lines by adding a
new line they wrap it on the screen.

Let's say I have a file with 4 lines of text, each 300 characters long and
each character is between a and z, no space, tab or other white space. I
would expect this:

Word Wrap = None: 4 lines displayed each very long and I can scroll to the
right using my cursor or scroll bar
Word Wrap = Soft: same as None because there are no spaces
Word Wrap = Hard: the 4 lines are either wrapped to the screen or the
margin, so the horizontal scroll bar is not needed but the file contents
are unchanged

Take a look at Windows Notepad, it does what I am talking about, except
the intelligent soft mode of course! I still find myself using Notepad
instead of jEdit, which seems very wrong!

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Comment By: Matthieu Casanova (kpouer)
Date: 2006-12-29 10:44

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Hi, I think it is not a bug. You should read again the documentation about
wrapping :
the Hard Wrap really change your text introducing some new lines like a
word processor does

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