[Help-nano] softwrap option --softwrap or $ doesn't seem to work?

[James Freer]

I'd be grateful if someone could confirm if the --softwrap option
works as i expect like vim's 'linebreak'. --softwrap truncates but
chops a word up instead of like 'linebreak which was what i was hoping
for.

What i want to do is use a console editor for editing text (not code)
and didn't want to use vim with all it's complexity if i could help
it.

thanks
james