Hard line break in the editor to make code more readable

[ASalvail]

Something I miss from Emacs Auctex extensions is the capacity to set a specific line length and have the editor automatically insert a line break each time a word is written that goes over that limit.

Soft line break is achievable by resizing the editor window size, but this method has several problem :

• A soft line break does not increase the line number;
• The text is dependant on the window size and thus not displayed uniformly on different screens;
• Makes error finding (from line number) that much harder. This feature would make for more readable LaTeX documents.

To implement this : probably add an option in the settings to specify the length (with 0 for no automatic hard line breaks). Another companion feature would be to reformat a selection. For example, you made modifications to the center of a paragraph and now a line is only half full. This companion feature would readjust all selected lines to maximally use each line by moving the line breaks.

Thanks for considering this!

[lsawade]

It's been a long time since this was brought up, but I was surprised it hasn't been implemented! I assume it's not an easy task, but I would like hard-wrapping as well! Cheers!

[frentello]

Yeah the ticket is now almost 5 years up. I would love to see this feature in the hopefully near future

[beltrame]

It's very much needed

[bvanheerden]

Just commenting to say it's 2021 and still this feature would be great.

[Gabriel-p]

This is the second most upvoted request and it has been opened for 6 years now. Any ETA on this?

[ASalvail]

For what it's worth, I still think this would be a great addition! I've been doing them manually for all those years, I wouldn't mind a break.

[rconnorlawson]

For what it's worth, there's a TamperMonkey script implementing a paragraph reflow operation like Vim's gq command. I haven't tried it myself, but found it on the same day I found this bug. This doesn't address the OP's main request though.

I use vim mode and would love for gq to work out of the box!

[tikacp]

would be highly appreciated, indeed

[vbharadwaj-bk]

Would also appreciate automatic line breaks. I prefer to version-control my LaTeX, and line-level changes are much more meaningful when the line doesn't extend to an entire paragraph.

[ifigueroap]

2022 and still no hard breaks nor reflow... Emacs+ AucTex is still the superior editor indeed

[ckarren]

Vim mode in Overleaf is hardly usable without hard wraps. If I didn't have to use Overleaf for collabs I would avoid it and stick to vimtex.

[LarssonOliver]

I'd also like this feature! Maybe some day...

[Jackozee]

Yes, please. Or even just adding support for the gqq command and related ones.

[marinegor]

I gladly join everyone in this thread -- using git/github diff tool is so much easier when each sentence is a separate line or few of them. It doesn't break any latex code, but allows you to easily go back to earlier word choice options that you decide you like more.

[ulysses4ever]

@ckarren

Vim mode in Overleaf is hardly usable without hard wraps.

I thought exactly the same until I saw people here mentioning user scripts (e.g. TamperMonkey-based) to customize the shortcuts. E.g. this script remaps j to gj and k to gk -- and this goes a long way! Of course, 0/$ are not as usable, but still it's a big improvement. Highly recommend! Actually, they redefine 0/$ so that they act on visual lines, it seems.

[Ahmad-Fermion]

It is very unfortunate that this feature is still not available!

[VianaSamuel]

This feature would be so useful. It's a pity it hasn't been added yet.

[nonodev96]

Is there any current way to change the default word wrap?

I've tried to modify with TamperMonkey and CodeMirror, it's all very confusing.

(function () {
    'use strict';
    window.addEventListener("UNSTABLE_editor:extensions", (event) => {
        const { CodeMirror, CodeMirrorVim, extensions } = event.detail;
        const { 
          Decoration, EditorSelection, EditorView, Prec, StateEffect, 
          StateField, ViewPlugin, WidgetType, hoverTooltip, keymap, syntaxTree 
        } = CodeMirror

        console.log({ Decoration, EditorSelection, EditorView, Prec, StateEffect });

    });
})();