Adding the Vim Users mailing list, because I can't answer these completely.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Dooling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: gvim on windows xp > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:53:12 -0500 > > > Dear George: > > I am a new convert to gvim. Trying to use it on Windows XP. I am > primarily a novelist, but a recent convert to Python, also. > > I intend to use gvim mainly as a text editor. > > Two things: > > (1) Is there a way to have a "soft" border or offset on the left, so > that the text is not flush against the left window border? I've searched > for hours with no luck. Autoindent would put an actual space in there > (which I wouldn't want). I don't know of anything that will do exactly what you want, but ":set number" might help. > (2) Is there a plug-in file especially for text? Already configured for > 79 spaces with linebreak etc already set. I'm sure there must be something useful out there at vim.org. I have " In text files, always limit the width of text to 75 characters autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.txt,*.htm,*.html setlocal tw=75 in my _vimrc. > Thank you so much for any help. > > Richard Dooling > > </rd> > http://dooling.com -- /George V. Reilly mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/
