> James Cole wrote:
> >> This seems like a perennial topic[1], that regularly gets
> >> dismissed --
> >> vertically scrolling by "screen lines" vs. "real lines".
> >
> > I feel the same way.
>
> So do I, as I have recently done some editing of text where a
> paragraph is a long line (possibly thousands of characters).
>
> Particularly annoying is doing diffs with such files:
> Vim does everything well, but when a change is near the end of a
> long paragraph, it is impossible to see it due to scrolling.
I used to think that this change was needed only by users who
created really long lines of text and I figured if it hurts when you
do that, then don't do that.
I just spent the last week poring over log files and searching for
clues to a series of system crashes. Some of those log files have
hugely long lines (e.g., 71,160 characters). The way that Vim
currently handles such long lines made it difficult to scroll
through those log files without missing information at the ends of
those lines.
I haven't thought through all the implications of making such a
change, but being able to scroll through long lines as easily as gj
and gk move the cursor through them would sure make my life easier.
Regards,
Gary
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