Hi all, i need to set text wrapping at 72 columns in Vi or nvi. What
file do i edit? and what is the line i have to enter?

thank you

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:15:38 -0500, Luis Lima
<ironwindow2001@nosmpam.com> wrote:
> Hi all, i need to set text wrapping at 72 columns in Vi or nvi. What
> file do i edit? and what is the line i have to enter?
>
> thank you
>
..exrc or .nexrc is the file, the command is "set wraplen=72" (man nvi)


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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Bill Marcum wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:15:38 -0500, Luis Lima
> <ironwindow2001@nosmpam.com> wrote:
> > Hi all, i need to set text wrapping at 72 columns in Vi or nvi. What
> > file do i edit? and what is the line i have to enter?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> .exrc or .nexrc is the file, the command is "set wraplen=72" (man nvi)

Thanks pal, i googled and never thought of 'man nvi'.