Re: sidescrolloff, but only for long lines?

On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:31:43 PM UTC-5, Stephen Talley wrote:
> I use sidescrolloff to make sure I can see several columns ahead of the cursor
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> on long lines. However, even when a line is short enough to fit entirely on the
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> screen, vim still scrolls even though there is no need to.
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> Is there a way to turn off horizontal scrolling when a line doesn't need it?
>

You could use a CursorMoved autocmd, that checks the line length, and sets or clears the option in response. You may want to use CursorMovedI as well.

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