Adam = god 🙏🏼

OK; I think this is good to go, or at least, ready for testing by people that are interested.

I'm sure there are bugs. And it's still pretty beefy; I feel like I could still pare this down a lot. And I need to implement the "word" mode, but this should be 'good'.

OK, I'm decently happy with this.

Obviously this is a bigger change than just the plugin (minor changes to the docview API); and it is being proposed as a core plguin, so I'll leave this up for discussion for a while.

this is such a heavily requested feature I think it's worth it

Should close #36 .

Should close #585 .

OK; I think this is now ready for testing. It seems to reliably work at this point for me. The only thing a little broken is some of the plugins I'm using.

I have just "discovered" Lite XL, and am very impressed. Immediately I looked for "linewrap" :/

I have installed the latest "release" available (= 2.0.5 as I type), but it looks like this is going out in a 2.1 release. Can I try the linewrapping.lua plugin in my version? Or do I simply wait patiently for 2.1 to be released?

Thanks! This looks very promising!

Sadly no, the linewrapping plugin needs the new API available in 2.1, so it won't work on 2.0.5.

Sadly no, the linewrapping plugin needs the new API available in 2.1, so it won't work on 2.0.5.

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking forward to the 2.1 release with keen anticipation! 😉

Sadly no, the linewrapping plugin needs the new API available in 2.1, so it won't work on 2.0.5.

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking forward to the 2.1 release with keen anticipation! 😉

You can download a preview release here for Linux and Windows: https://github.com/adamharrison/lite-xl-simplified/releases/tag/continuous if you want to try it out.

@adamharrison ,
This is marvelous, thank you!

I have two observations:

• Line wrapping may occur mid-string, not at spaces. I think it would be nice if strong preference was given to wrapping at spaces.
• The wrapping position is not updated when the window text is zoomed using Ctrl+mousewheel-scroll.

Edit: PS I'm on your Lite XL Simplified, downloaded yesterday.

You can download a preview release here for Linux and Windows: https://github.com/adamharrison/lite-xl-simplified/releases/tag/continuous if you want to try it out.

Thanks - I did! And it's great to see this feature being implemented. My take tallies exactly with @humanplayer2 in the comment above this one. I generally use a "lite" editor for long-form writing (typically, but not always, markdown), so having "soft line-wrap" is almost essential for me.

This is very much a step in the right/write ;) direction, though. The speed of Lite-XL is really impressive!

@adamharrison ,
This is marvelous, thank you!

I have two observations:

Line wrapping may occur mid-string, not at spaces. I think it would be nice if strong preference was given to wrapping at spaces.

@humanplayer2 This is actually configurable, in you user plugin, you can set config.plugins.linewrapping.mode = "word", and that should wrap at a space boundary, if it can.

The wrapping position is not updated when the window text is zoomed using Ctrl+mousewheel-scroll.

Ah, good call. I'll open an issue.

Edit: PS I'm on your Lite XL Simplified, downloaded yesterday.

Awesome, glad to hear it.

Thanks - I did! And it's great to see this feature being implemented. My take tallies exactly with @humanplayer2 in the comment above this one. I generally use a "lite" editor for long-form writing (typically, but not always, markdown), so having "soft line-wrap" is almost essential for me.

@dajare Awesome; you may be interested as well in https://github.com/adamharrison/write-xl; it doesn't have any releases, but I can just add some CI to it; I also do some long-form creative writing in markdown, and I compiled it onto my tablet so I can take it with me in cafés and stuff. It's not perfect or anything, but I like it a lot more than google docs and whatnot for my purposes; might fit your needs as well.

...you can set config.plugins.linewrapping.mode = "word", and that should wrap at a space boundary, if it can.

@adamharrison : Genius! This just gets better and better. :) Works a treat.

...you may be interested as well in...

Write-XL looks super, too! I don't have any Android use for it (I only have an old Nokia phone, no tablet). But I'll be firing up Lite-XL on Ubuntu regularly, I imagine. I also have Typora that I use for yet more serious "long-form" writing in Markdown (with footnotes, etc.), and it meets my needs pretty well.

when i use it pres F10 i take this bug all the time
https://i.imgur.com/CKvu6uO.png

Sadly line wrapping isn't compatible with every plugin yet, so try disabling some to find the culprit.