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"nano -w" is a great editor. "nano" without -w should be banned like "rm -rf /" and require some long DWIM switch to even start.

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Not wrapping should be the default for every editor. AFAICT, it is not the default for any editor.

I don't think nano is unique in this respect.

> Not wrapping should be the default for every editor. AFAICT, it is not the default for any editor.

It appears to be the default with emacs — at least, hard-wrap off appears to be the default. Soft-wrap is on, but … I can't imagine that you dislike soft-wrap, do you?

I do! It makes it difficult to see what's going to happen when I invoke operations on lines. And it encourages my colleagues to create long lines that would play better with diff tools like git diff if broken out.

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