From vim  Wed Dec 11 21:36:32 2002
From: "Antoine J. Mechelynck" <antoine.mechelynck () belgacom ! net>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:36:32 +0000
To: vim
Subject: Re: carriage return
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=vim&m=103964263514150

Just before saving the file, you may want to set 'fileformat' to either
"dos", "unix", or "mac" (without the quotes) depending on where the file
will be ported to next. (For instance, in Windows, WordPad will not choke on
unix-type ends-of-lines, but Notepad will.) Dos-type ends-of-lines should
break lines on all systems (since a "dos" EOL consists of a "mac" EOL
followed by a "unix" EOL), but (I don't know) some programs might show
garbage characters at the beginning or end of the lines.

    see :help 'ff'

Tony.

Benji Fisher <benji@member.AMS.org> wrote:
>       Decide whether to use 'tw' or 'wrap' based on whether you want
> newlines added to the file.  Notepad should not choke on these, but if
> you edit the text in Notepad, the line breaks will be a nuisance.  If
> you choose to use 'wrap', then read
>
> > help 'wrap'
>
> and follow the link to
>
> > help 'linebreak'
>
> HTH --Benji Fisher
>
> Pritesh Mistry wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > If you set tw=72, then while inserting characters, newlines will be
> > automatically added before your last word if the line length exceeds tw
> > with the latest word. It does not have any effect while reading the
> > file. If you need to reformat the para use 'gqip'.
> >
> > If you set wordwrap, these newlines won't be inserted at all while
> > inserting text, and, if the line length exceeds the window columns, it
> > will be word wrapped thereof, irrespective of whether you are inside a
> > word!
> >
> > HTH!
> > Pritesh
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Payal Rathod [mailto:payal@hotpop.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:01 am
> > To: Vim Mailing List
> > Subject: carriage return
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > When I am creating a new file, I would like the file to be wrapped
> > after say 72 characters fo better readibility. Does that mean
> > carriage-return has to be inserted after 72 characters? I read :help
> > wrap and :help textwidth, but don't know which one to use. I am not
> > clear about their uses. These files will be ported across machines and
> > OSes. That means it should open properly even in Windows Notepad. Can
> > someone help here? Thanks and bye. With regards. -Payal