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Bug 700515 - Make wordwrap toggle a primary element of the UI
Make wordwrap toggle a primary element of the UI
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 119428
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-05-17 10:50 UTC by Nick G
Modified: 2013-05-17 18:07 UTC
See Also:
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Description Nick G 2013-05-17 10:50:48 UTC 
I write both code and text in gedit.
When writing code, wordwrap is best suited to being turned off which is accessed via the menus at Edit>Preferences>Enable Text Editing but when writing blog posts or making notes it's best to enable wordwrap such that text flow is preserved (I don't need to limit document writing to 80 characters per line :).

Can wordwrap be promoted to a top level element of the UI. I see that spacing/tabs were bumped to top level (on the status bar) and wondered if wordwrap could be placed there too.

I'm happy to work on a patch for this if provided with some pointers and 'the nod' from one of the gedit team.

Regards,
Nick
Comment 1 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2013-05-17 10:54:02 UTC 
Hi Nick,

I think that the best here is that you create a simple python plugin which adds the option in the menu for you. It should be pretty easy to make and it would fit your use case. You could even instead use external tools, a simple tool which uses gsettings set "thesetting"
Comment 2 Sébastien Wilmet 2013-05-17 18:07:46 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 119428 ***