[Geany] Line Wrap Button -- addition

[chuck]

Like Greg, this is not a request. I was attempting to explain what I 
thought Lee was talking about.  Obviously line wrapping (and line 
breaking as you type) are in Geany. Those are modes of operation.  2 
other editors (jEdit and emacs) have the after-the-fact paragraph format 
function. I load up one of these to do the job when needed; especially 
useful when editing some HTML files, or preparing a document to look 
reasonable when printed.

Wherever the cursor is when started, the process goes back to the 
previous blank line and formats ( breaks lines ) to the next blank line. 
  It often (usually) means manually entering a blank line or two before 
performing the operation to isolate the area in question, to contain the 
effect.

It's really no big deal, but since I use Geany for html, php, c, c++, 
java, etc. as well as text files, I'd be happy not to need to fire up 
another editor just for this one function; but I don't mind doing it 
because it doesn't happen often.

That's all.

chuck

Enrico Tröger wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:22:25 -0800, chuck <ctl at arrowtwins.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> still not sure whether Lee was asking for line wrapping or line
> breaking.
> 
> 
>> Added item.  This operation is a one-time thing.  It is not  a mode of 
>> operation as is line wrapping.  Once done, it affects only the text
>> that was there when it was done.  New text just goes into the buffer
>> as always.  It can extend beyond the line-break marker or not.  A 
>> subsequent 'format' action will then affect all text existing at that 
>> time.  The line-break column may bwe changed before the format and the 
>> new width will be active for that one operation.
> 
> You noticed we already have line breaking since 0.15?
> It works differently from what you suggest, it is line-breaking as you
> type :).
> I think the code could be more or less easily modified to work also on
> the whole document at once. 
> 
> Regards,
> Enrico
> 
> 
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