Re: textwidth / column number is misinterpreted when using linebreak and wrap

On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 8:16:06 PM UTC-8, Keith Smiley wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> This is a crosspost of an issue I reported on GitHub[0].
>
> Using vim (on macOS from homebrew, see the GitHub post for full version info):
>
> ```
> VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jan 15 2018 12:54:51)
> macOS version
> Included patches: 1-1428
> ```
>
> Along with this test vimrc file:
>
> ```
> set nocompatible
>
> " For easier display
> set laststatus=2
> set statusline=%c
> set showcmd
>
> set linebreak
> set wrap
> set textwidth=100
> set formatoptions=tc
> ```
>
> In a terminal with 78 columns, text wrapping happens earlier than expected. You can test this with this example text (leading whitespace matters):
>
> ```
> .package(url: "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire.git", .upToNextMinor(from: "4.6.0"))
> ```
>
> This line, which is 94 characters long (excluding the trailing newline), causes text width issues based on the line length. For this line, textwidth should only hard wrap once you type 5 more characters, but if you have a 78 column terminal window, and the above settings, it hard wraps as soon as you type a single character.
>
> Here's a video of the issue: https://asciinema.org/a/qyPcdmuLIjrMZQrPZKc9U11H8
>
> See the GitHub link for some more details. Any help debugging this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> 0: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2555

Does anyone have any ideas on this issue?

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