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I am using xchat as my IRC client on Ubuntu 9.10. It's mostly fine, but when I get a message that's wider than the screen, I can't view the end of it as it goes off the edge of the screen. How do I make xchat split long lines?

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That feature you are missing is called word-wrapping, and it works on my updated karmic. Apparently there is no option on the graphical interface to turn this on/off.

Take a look at the line beginning with *text_wordwrap* on the file /home/your username/.xchat2/xchat.conf

It should be set to 1. That line should be:

text_wordwrap = 1

If it's set to 0, you can use a text editor to change that value to 1.

EDIT: see comments

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It is set to 1. However, it does not split the lines. – Macha Nov 11 '09 at 18:28
You can try renaming the directory ~/.xchat to create a new configuration the next time xchat is started, and check if the problem remains. – alfplayer Nov 11 '09 at 21:13
That fixed it. I just reset all my customisations and it works now. – Macha Nov 14 '09 at 21:23
That as in the comment btw. – Macha Nov 14 '09 at 21:24
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