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Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1

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On 10/17/2018 09:37 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 08:46:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I wanted to have line wrap occur at column 70.
>> I went to Preferences->View.
>> Line wrapping was indicated as enabled.
>> I selected "display margin" and set the margin to 70.
>> Margin displays.
>> Text does *NOT* wrap.
>> I also tried a reboot from power-off - no luck.
> 
> That sounds like a problem specific to that application, which
> you might want to address with the developers of it.

Agreed.

> Maybe they have a FAQ, a bug tracker, a forum or a mailing list?

I found nothing with a DuckDuckGo web search.
I asked here in case it was Debian specific.
When I have access to one of my other machines with Pluma, I'll try it 
to see if I have an hardware specific problem.

> 
> "reboot from power-off" to try to solve a line wrap issue in a
> specific application sounds like disconnecting power to the
> house in order to change the clock on the microwave: you could
> eventually get to that step, but the problem is almost certainly
> solvable in a much narrower scope.

It cost me 2 minutes. Yes it was unlikely.
Decades of experience said it was worth the effort.

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Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-17 15:50 +0200
  Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-17 16:50 +0200
    Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-17 17:00 +0200
      Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-17 17:20 +0200
      Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1 Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2018-10-17 17:50 +0200

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