VI behavior strange in FC3

[Gavin Li]

Thanks,
I have been using this since RedHat7.3, don't remember where it came.

vi: set cindent sw=4 ts=4 tw=4 :syntax on :

>Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:24:08 +0100
>From: Kelly Dunlop <kelly at xyzzy.clara.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: VI  behavior strange in FC3
.To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <20051026142408.GA24870 at xyzzy.clara.co.uk>
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>
>On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 09:17:41AM -0400, Gavin Li wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I use VI to edit C code, but most (>90%) chance it breaks lines when I
input
>> characters. Which config file do I have to change or it is a bug?
>> This is a sample of my code. I have no problem in RedHat7.3
>> /*
>>  * $Id: helloworld.c,v 1.1 2005/06/23 19:50:50 gavinl Exp $
>>  * vi: set cindent sw=4 ts=4 tw=4 :syntax on :
>>  */
>> #include
>> <stdio.h>
>> #include
>> <string.h>
>> int
>> main(int
>>         argc,
>>         char
>>         *argv)
>> {
>>     printf("hello
>>             world!\n");
>>     for
>>         (i=0;i<10;i++)
>>             {
>>                 printf("i=%d\n",
>>                         i);
>>                 return
>>                     0;
>>             }
>>     return
>>         0;
>> }
>
>I'd say it's the tw=4 in the header of the file that's causing you the
>problem.  It sets the text width to 4 so the lines won't be very long :-)
>
>Did you pick the header up from elsewhere or did you construct it yourself
?
>
>Kelly
>-- 
>Kelly Dunlop
>kelly at xyzzy.clara.co.uk