In Notepad++, how do I split long lines in several rows?

Question

I usually use Notepad++ for programming, but recently I started doing some writing in it as well.

Writing usually involves long paragraphs with no line breaks, and currently those are displayed in one row, which is extremely inconvenient.

How can I get N++ to to split lines? I believe that the option is called "split lines" in Gedit.

score 95 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '12 at 17:17

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Go to View -> Word Wrap. Make sure that is checked.

answered Mar 24 '12 at 17:17

Mayank

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score 39 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '15 at 12:44

If you do want hard breaks in lines of text, you can use this regexp find & replace all:

Find:      (?<=.{80})\s
Replace:   $0\n

Will look for a space after 80 characters and replace the whole match with itself and a new line (replace with $0\r\n for a Dos\Windows file)

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 14 '19 at 16:10

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Reduce the window size of Notepad++ to your prefered size (move the right window margin). Then select all + Ctrl + I (Edit > Line Operations > Split Lines).

Done.

edited Oct 14 '19 at 16:10

MichaEL

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answered Sep 11 '18 at 10:34

Dirk

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 22:37

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I'm not familiar with notepad++ but I'm positive it's the same method:

Click on Format in the menu bar and enable Wrap option.

answered Feb 25 '20 at 22:37

Bik

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In Notepad++, how do I split long lines in several rows?

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