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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:02:27PM +0000, Sindi wrote:
> 
> I just compiled a 685K static version, non-tiny.  I left out mouse and 
> spellcheck and nls support.  I will upload it shortly to
> 
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/nano-glibc225-static-nomouse

Thanks Sindi! The desired features seem to work fine in this one. The 
wordwrap/unwrap feature doesn't actually unwrap 
text that's already gotten wrapped, which I was kind of hoping it would. It 
only applies to text you begin typing 
_after_ you've issued the command. But the help menu works. It's an 
improvement over Pico so I'll just go ahead and use 
it unless I find an editor that can wrap and unwrap already-written lines.

> Have you tried a small vi?  It can be set to wordwrap.  There is one in
> busybox (not in the BL3 version).  How does e3vi work?

I can't figure out what all the fuss is about vi. Maybe it could do what I 
need if I knew it well enough and was 
capable of doing some tweaking with it. Problem is, I don't have time to 
learn it. And it's just counter-intuitive 
enough that I just can't sort of feel my way around to even make a beginning. 
What an awkward set of keystrokes just to 
exit: who ever thought up such a thing?

vi and emacs are probably both capable of doing something along the lines of 
what I need. But unless someone can get me 
kick-started with some initial basic instructions, I'm afraid there's not 
much chance of me trying either any time 
soon.

Thanks again,
James