On 07/11/2018 06.38, Alex Vong wrote:
To edit configuration files always pass nano the -w option. Without
the -w option long lines become wrapped lines. This creates problems
when saving because the lines are saved as wrapped lines instead of
how they were in the original file. Many time this will break
configuration files.
Even though I got in the habit of always using -w back in my Gentoo
days, I either never knew leaving it out would have affected more than
display, or I have forgotten about it. I think this qualifies as
unexpected/surprising behavior.
I think we can also go ahead with the change if many nano users think it
is a better default (even if not all distros do it).
Ubuntu is also in the --disable-wrapping-as-root flag club.
A potential reason against joining would be if there's a real need for
the default behavior (no --disable-wrapping-as-root, no -w) and it being
hard to achieve with the flag. It looks like the option to use would be:
-r number, --fill=number
Hard-wrap lines at column number. If this value is 0 or less, wrapping
will occur at the width of the screen less number columns, allowing the
wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen if the screen
is resized. The default value is -8. This option conflicts with -w
(--nowrap) -- the last one given takes effect.
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Thorsten Wilms
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