From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:05:23 +0100 From: "Rudolf Sykora" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <26dfb52aac32560de7e456c3bd8dfb5d@quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_7779_29100458.1206291923224" References: <26dfb52aac32560de7e456c3bd8dfb5d@quanstro.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] acme/sam linewrapping off Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7e9aeea8-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_7779_29100458.1206291923224 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Thanks for the answer, although it did not please me... :( (In Vim, you only have to do :set nowrap and you are done... From time to time I find this rather useful.) Ruda On 23/03/2008, erik quanstrom wrote: > > > Is there any way how to sensibly edit a file with long lines (eg. a > table > > with many fields, like /sys/lib/lp/devices) using acme/sam? What I miss > is a > > way to not wrap long lines when I need to concentrate > > on the different fields and a whole > > single line is a true representative of an item (a printer). > > > make the frame long enough to hold the whole line. > > for example in acme, use a single column display and a tiny font. you > can get one by middle clicking on this > > Font /lib/font/bit/misc/ascii.5x7.font > > > - erik > > > ------=_Part_7779_29100458.1206291923224 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Thanks for the answer, although it did not please me... :(
(In Vim, you only have to do :set nowrap and you are done... From time to time I find this rather useful.)
Ruda
 

On 23/03/2008, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> Is there any way how to sensibly edit a file with long lines (eg. a table
> with many fields, like /sys/lib/lp/devices) using acme/sam? What I miss is a
> way to not wrap long lines when I need to concentrate
> on the different fields and a whole
> single line is a true representative of an item (a printer).


make the frame long enough to hold the whole line.

for example in acme, use a single column display and a tiny font.  you
can get one by middle clicking on this

        Font /lib/font/bit/misc/ascii.5x7.font


- erik



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