Which setting allows me to text wrap whole words instead of letters?

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At the moment, my width is set to 80.

when a new line starts, it doesn't take the whole word to the next line. Instead, it takes the lagging letters. Which setting changes this behavior?

do you mean soft wrap (wrap at edge of window) or hard wrap (inserting newlines) — Mass, Apr 25 '22 at 13:17
Christian!!!! you are a true gentleman. Can you add this as an answer? I am curious how you would discover this? My struggle with nvim is that I'm not sure which setting does what... — Vinn, Apr 25 '22 at 16:13
@Vinn try :helpgrep, tab-completion in command line, or searching with / in a doc file, or search this forum and find things like this :) — Biggybi, Apr 25 '22 at 23:53

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '22 at 18:59

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You can use :set linebreak which will make Vim (soft-)break the lines on whitespace and other characters. To which characters exactly, can be further customized using the 'breakat' setting.

See the help for an extensive description (just follow the links).

answered Apr 25 '22 at 18:59

Christian Brabandt

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Which setting allows me to text wrap whole words instead of letters?

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