Regarding above exchange about whether to display soft wraps (comment #0) or hard wraps (comment #2): I suggest to display both. In different colors for better distinction. This obviously needs a control to toggle on/off. Duplicate bug 821337 makes a good suggestion: > add "pi" button which makes spaces and `\n` visible like in word processors A pilcrow ¶ toolbar button could toggle on/off display of non-printing control characters. Users of word processors and advanced text editors are already familiar with this button.
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Regarding above exchange about whether to display **soft wraps** (comment #0) or **hard wraps** (comment #2): I suggest to **display both**. In different colors for better distinction. This obviously needs a control to toggle on/off. Duplicate bug 821337 makes a good suggestion: > add "pi" button which makes spaces and `\n` visible like in word processors A pilcrow ¶ toolbar button could toggle on/off display of non-printing control characters. Users of word processors and advanced text editors are already familiar with this button.
Regarding above exchange about whether to display **soft wraps** (comment #0) or **hard wraps** (comment #2): I suggest to **display both**. In different colors for better distinction (e.g. blue for soft wraps and red for hard wraps). This obviously needs a control to toggle on/off. Duplicate bug 821337 makes a good suggestion: > add "pi" button which makes spaces and `\n` visible like in word processors A pilcrow ¶ toolbar button could toggle on/off display of non-printing control characters. Users of word processors and advanced text editors are already familiar with this button.
Regarding above exchange about whether to display **soft wraps** (comment #0) or **hard wraps** (comment #2): I suggest to **display both**: * soft wrap = `space` + `CRLF` * hard wrap = `CRLF` This obviously needs a control to toggle on/off. Duplicate bug 821337 makes a good suggestion: > add "pi" button which makes spaces and `\n` visible like in word processors A pilcrow ¶ toolbar button could toggle on/off display of non-printing control characters. Users of word processors and advanced text editors are already familiar with this button.
Regarding above exchange about whether to display **soft wraps** (comment #0) or **hard wraps** (comment #2): I suggest to **display both**: * soft wrap = `space` + `CRLF` * hard wrap = `CRLF` This obviously also needs a control to toggle display on/off. Duplicate bug 821337 makes a good suggestion: > add "pi" button which makes spaces and `\n` visible like in word processors A pilcrow ¶ toolbar button could toggle on/off display of non-printing control characters. Users of word processors and advanced text editors are already familiar with this button.