Re: How do I get C++ comments to wrap correctly?

On 3/3/2017 12:49 PM, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2017-03-03, Barry Gold wrote:
>> On 3/3/2017 9:55 AM, Gary Johnson wrote:
>>> What about the results of this?
>>>
>>> :verbose set comments?
>>>
>>> The string of comma-separated values must include
>>>
>>> ://
>>>
>>> or Vim won't recognize // as a comment leader.
>> :verbose set comments
>> E519: Option not supported: comments
> Well, that would explain the problem. The vim you're using is
> probably the tiny or small version. I just ran a small version and
> confirmed that the comments option is not supported.
>
> The Cygwin base install comes with only vim-minimal. You'll just
> need to install the vim package. It's currently at 8.0.329.
>
> VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Feb 15 2017 20:45:09)
> Included patches: 1-329
> Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
>
> You'll want the vim-common package, too. I don't remember whether
> or not it gets installed automatically when you install vim.
>
> There's also a vim-doc package, but I don't have that one installed
> and yet I have all the documentation available. I don't know what's
> going on there. It wouldn't hurt to install vim-doc, too, though.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
I went to the cygwin installer. I have vim-minimal and vim-common. I
don't seem to be offered any other options for vim.

Then I went to the vim website, downloaded and installed vim80. But it
appears I got only a GUI vim (gvim), not a command-line vim.

*shrug*


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