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Option for setting length of lines

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Description

Came around micro 2 years ago, just loving it, it's (nearly) perfect in my opinion.

I am on Debian Bullseye and just changed to v2.0.10 via the .deb download. I love the "new" wordwrap option.

Would it be possible to add an option in the settings.json to tell micro to wrap at column xy?

In combination with softwrap+wordwrap this would make micro also the perfect just-focused-writing-tool for me!

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Start by tracing how settings.json options are parsed and how softwrap and wordwrap determine wrapping in the editor. Add a configurable wrap column that works with those options, then verify that changing the setting changes the displayed line length.

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Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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