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    JillPlaysMC @Ekopalypse
    last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:17 AM

    @ekopalypse Ok so I got the plugin, what do I do now?

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      Ekopalypse @Neil Schipper
      last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:19 AM

      I meant a real insertion of a line break, not just the visual break. Sorry if that didn’t come across clearly.

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        JillPlaysMC @Ekopalypse
        last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:22 AM

        @ekopalypse So I’m confused now, so I know the other thing makes a line that is only visual but doesn’t actually change the line but how do I make it actually change the line?

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          Ekopalypse @JillPlaysMC
          last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:22 AM

          @jillplaysmc

          How should this work?
          For all files you edit? Only for certain ones?
          Where do you want it to wrap? Before the word that reaches the border, after it, or at that exact column?

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            Neil Schipper @JillPlaysMC
            last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:23 AM

            @jillplaysmc said in Horizontal line question:

            how do I make it actually change the line?

            I believe I answered that.

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              Ekopalypse @Neil Schipper
              last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:24 AM

              @neil-schipper

              but this does not do it automatically when you edit text.

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                JillPlaysMC @Neil Schipper
                last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:25 AM

                @neil-schipper I’m just confused on what you mean. I know a good amount of tech stuff but I’m not a wizard and what you told me, I’m a little confused on it

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                  Neil Schipper @JillPlaysMC
                  last edited by Neil Schipper Jun 27, 2022, 8:30 AM Jun 27, 2022, 8:30 AM

                  @jillplaysmc said in Horizontal line question:

                  I’m just confused on what you mean.

                  Me too!

                  Which of these are causing difficulty?

                  • turning Word wrap on and off
                  • adjusting the overall application window width
                  • selecting some or all lines
                  • issuing Split Lines command

                  Play around for ten minutes and then report back.

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                    JillPlaysMC @Neil Schipper
                    last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:41 AM

                    @neil-schipper Ok so I just found out that turning on warp wrap and making the window smaller does what I want. But how do I keep it like this when I put it back on maxed window mode?

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                      Neil Schipper @JillPlaysMC
                      last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:48 AM

                      @jillplaysmc
                      So you’ve executed 2 out of 4 steps, but you don’t want to continue with the instructions to see if it meets your need?

                      You also haven’t stated whether you want to control the appearance “for now” vs. change the file so it persistently has the shorter lines.

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                        Neil Schipper @Ekopalypse
                        last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 8:52 AM

                        @ekopalypse said in Horizontal line question:

                        but this does not do it automatically when you edit text

                        Right. Maybe Jill will clarify that aspect of what she wants.

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                          JillPlaysMC @Neil Schipper
                          last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 9:11 AM

                          @neil-schipper As for steps 3 and 4, what do you mean by select some or all lines, and what does split lines do?

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                            Neil Schipper @JillPlaysMC
                            last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 9:22 AM

                            @jillplaysmc
                            Selecting is when you hold down Shift and cursor around or click-and-drag around. Selected text gets differently colored, and can then be copied (Ctrl-c) or cut (Ctrl-x) or undergo other operations.

                            So, select a bunch of lines, issue Ctrl-i and see if you are happy with the result.

                            Play around a lot. As you try different things you can issue undo (ctrl-z) commands to get back to where you were.

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                              JillPlaysMC @Neil Schipper
                              last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 9:25 AM

                              @neil-schipper When I try Ctrl + I nothing happens

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                                Neil Schipper @JillPlaysMC
                                last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 9:40 AM

                                @jillplaysmc

                                Here’s a “before” shot. Notice that lines 6 to 10 are selected:

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                                Here’s what we get after Ctrl + i and then widening the window. Notice that the old line 6 is now 2 lines 6 & 7, and, old line 9 is now 3 lines 10, 11 & 12.

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                                  Neil Schipper @Neil Schipper
                                  last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 9:46 AM

                                  @neil-schipper said in Horizontal line question:

                                  and, old line 9 is now 3 lines 10, 11 & 12.

                                  … and please notice that the widening did not effect the wrap point of lines 6 - 12.

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                                    PeterJones @Neil Schipper
                                    last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 2:41 PM

                                    @neil-schipper & @JillPlaysMC ,

                                    You can also set Settings > Preferences > Margins/Borders/Edge > Vertical Edge Settings = 129, which will draw a colored line at character 129, and when you do the Ctrl+I to split the lines, it will split the selected text at that exact location instead of however wide the window happens to be.

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                                      Snabel42 @PeterJones
                                      last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 3:01 PM

                                      @peterjones how would you ‘split’ at a certain character position without using this setting?

                                      I normally do a regular expression for it, but maybe there’s a quicker/simpler way with the split command?

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                                        Alan Kilborn @Snabel42
                                        last edited by Alan Kilborn Jun 27, 2022, 3:26 PM Jun 27, 2022, 3:25 PM

                                        @snabel42 said in Horizontal line question:

                                        how would you ‘split’ at a certain character position without using this setting?

                                        You can’t (well, you can do it with regex but you already know this); it’s all in the USER MANUAL .

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                                          Snabel42 @Alan Kilborn
                                          last edited by Jun 27, 2022, 3:31 PM

                                          @alan-kilborn thanks! Thought that was the case, but figured I’d ask once if I was missing something.

                                          This would be a feature request then, a UI or keyboard command to split lines on the fly while also being able to specify the line break character position.

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