Can I toggle word-wrapping on/off quickly in Gedit?
In gedit 3.18 text wrapping can be turned on and off from the status bar.
Edit -> Preferences
under the view tab check enable text wrapping
Have a look at this Text-Wrap-Plugin: http://hartmann-it-design.de/gedit/TextWrap/
I have not tested it myself, but it may serve yout needs.