[Solved] The one thing I hate about Vim

Question

Hi,
I've started using Vim some time ago and I now understand why everyone loves it.
There's one thing, though, that is driving me nuts; a little but very irritating behaviour.
I hope to be understandable enough so that someone can help me.
Basically when editing (deleting or inserting characters)  a long line containing many words separated by spaces, Vim automatically moves  part of the line to a new line, creating a new paragraph.
Do you see what I mean? I just don't want Vim to create new paragraphs when editing a line.
I'm sure other Vim users already experienced this behaviour... how can I fix it?
Here's my .vimrc, it may be involved somehow:
" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/archlinux.vim (usually just
" /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/archlinux.vim) and sourced by the call to :runtime
" you can find below. If you wish to change any of those settings, you should
" do it in this file (/etc/vimrc), since archlinux.vim will be overwritten
" everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed. It is recommended to
" make changes after sourcing archlinux.vim since it alters the value of the
" 'compatible' option.
" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages available in Debian.
runtime! archlinux.vim
" If you prefer the old-style vim functionalty, add 'runtime! vimrc_example.vim'
" Or better yet, read /usr/share/vim/vim72/vimrc_example.vim or the vim manual
" and configure vim to your own liking!
" no vi compatibility
set nocompatible
" directory
set directory=/home/enrico/.vim
" disable backups (and swap)
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
set noswapfile
" wrap searches
set wrapscan
" tab and indentation
set tabstop=4
set noexpandtab
set smarttab
set shiftwidth=4
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set autoindent
set smartindent
" show commands
set showcmd
" show line and column position of cursor
set ruler
" status bar
set statusline=\ \%f%m%r%h%w\ ::\ %y\ [%{&ff}]\%=\ [%p%%:\ %l/%L]\
set laststatus=2
set cmdheight=1
" textwidth
set textwidth=79
" formatting options
set formatoptions=c,q,r,t
" line numbers
set number
" match bracklets
"set showmatch
" search
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
" syntax highlighting
filetype plugin on
syntax on
" background
set background=dark
" enable mouse
set mouse=a
" set colorscheme
colorscheme miromiro
"colorscheme dante
"colorscheme molokai
"allows sudo with :w!!
cmap w!! %!sudo tee > /dev/null %
" mutt tricks (F1 through F3 re-wraps paragraphs)
augroup MUTT
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* set tw=72
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* set spell " <-- vim 7 required
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* nmap <F1> gqap
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* nmap <F2> gqqj
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* nmap <F3> kgqj
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* map! <F1> <ESC>gqapi
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* map! <F2> <ESC>gqqji
au BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* map! <F3> <ESC>kgqji
augroup END
Thanks!
Last edited by rent0n (2010-07-31 10:45:23)

Answer 1

bernarcher wrote:
This will suppress breaking the lines.
" textwidth
set textwidth=0
See ":help textwidth" and ":help ins-textwidth" for more.
BTW: "nowrap" does only influence how the text will be displayed. it doesn't change the text in the buffer.
Thanks bernarcher, 'textwidth' was the option I was looking for!
Wrapping is another thing and I like to keep it enabled.
@quigybo: I will look through 'formatoptions', thanks. I already use augroup for mutt and is very handy indeed!
Last edited by rent0n (2010-07-31 10:45:06)