How do you get vim to display wrapped lines without inserting newlines?

Question

I\'m getting back in touch with my inner (g)vim due to an unscheduled MacBook mother(board) of a meltdown (my emergency backup Linux box won\'t run TextMate). All told I\'m

Answer 1

If vim is adding in newline characters (not just wrapping the text) then you probably have textwidth turned on ...

:set textwidth=0