[Rule-list] gentoo linux and nano

[Devon]

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On Monday 08 April 2002 02:34 pm, Martin Stricker wrote:
> Devon wrote:
> > I've disabled wordwrap (and enabled the help screens) in nano.
> > It's a configure option. I left word wrap and the -w flag available
> > for mortal users, and disabled it for 'root'. I can also disable it
> > across the board. Thoughts anyone?
>
> I would prefer it disabled for all users, but mybe have it display a
> help text when started: "Word wrap disabled. To enable, do <whatever
> necessary>" That should help people who are used to the word wrap
> feature.

Well....
Enabling word wrap is a compile time option. I agree, it should default 
to word wrap off, and use a flag to enable it. However, it doesn't work 
that way. In fact, it's the opposite. 
If word wrap is enabled, then it defaults to on, and the -w flag is 
needed to disable it. Short of hacking the code, or using an alias to 
call it as nano -w, I'm not sure how to solve this.

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