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Tip 850 Previous Tip • Next Tip

Created: January 11, 2005 Complexity: basic Author: mmj Minimum version: 5.7 Karma: 42/27 Imported from: Tip#850

To automatically wrap words in Vim 

:set wm=2

which sets a wrap margin of 2 characters at the end of each line, and does automatic word-wrapping as you type in text.

To set textwidth as of your screen width do 

:set textwidth=0      " If you want to set it yourself do :set textwidth=78

If you want to apply this to specific areas; bring the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to format and type gq. Now specify the range, say $ to format a large line.

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set textwidth=72       " is more useful
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