iws9027@eva.fmi.uni-passau.de (Andreas Holzmann) (05/15/91)
It is possible to do an automatical word-wrap in emacs? When I type in
text emacs should look if I've already typed 60 or 70 chars in a line
and then does a newline so no line is longer than 60 or 70 chars.
Please help
-Andreas
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In article <1991May15.141420.25052@forwiss.uni-passau.de> iws9027@eva.fmi.uni-passau.de (Andreas Holzmann) writes: >It is possible to do an automatical word-wrap in emacs? When I type in >text emacs should look if I've already typed 60 or 70 chars in a line >and then does a newline so no line is longer than 60 or 70 chars. >Please help Look up auto-fill-mode in your documentation if you are using GNU EMACS. -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@cactus.org or woan@austin.vnet.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
robertsr@cs.unca.edu (Ralph Roberts) (05/16/91)
In article <3913@d75.UUCP> woan@cactus.org writes: >In article <1991May15.141420.25052@forwiss.uni-passau.de> iws9027@eva.fmi.uni-passau.de (Andreas Holzmann) writes: >>It is possible to do an automatical word-wrap in emacs? When I type in >>text emacs should look if I've already typed 60 or 70 chars in a line >>and then does a newline so no line is longer than 60 or 70 chars. >>Please help > >Look up auto-fill-mode in your documentation if you are using GNU >EMACS. Typing either Esc x auto-fill-mode or M-x auto-fill-mode (where 'M' is your meta key) turns on auto-fill-mode (word wrap) as a minor mode modifying the current major mode in GNU Emacs, UniPress Emacs, Epsilon, AND Freemacs. Lots of useful little goodies like this are in the UNIX DESKTOP GUIDE TO EMACS coming out in August from Howard W. Sams. -- Ralph Roberts author@cs.unca.edu | The Desktop Guide to Emacs Asheville, N.C. | Compute!'s Computer Viruses (704) 252-9515 | The Veteran's Guide To Benefits (704) 255-8719 (fax) | + 17 other books & 1000s of articles
abrown@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Allen Brown) (05/17/91)
> It is possible to do an automatical word-wrap in emacs? When I type > in text emacs should look if I've already typed 60 or 70 chars in a > line and then does a newline so no line is longer than 60 or 70 > chars. Please help > -Andreas When you ask a question about emacs you should reveal what type and version of emacs you are using. For GNU emacs (all versions I know of) auto-fill-mode will do what you want. And the variable fill-column sets the column. I think the default is 72. -- Allen Brown abrown@cv.hp.com or abrown%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com or hplabs!hpcvca!abrown or "Hey you!" Not representing my employer. If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. ---George Bernard Shaw
pravin@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (05/17/91)
In a previous article iws9027@eva.fmi.uni-passau.de (Andreas Holzmann) writes: >It is possible to do an automatical word-wrap in emacs? When I type in >text emacs should look if I've already typed 60 or 70 chars in a line >and then does a newline so no line is longer than 60 or 70 chars. You can do M-x auto-fill for word wrap or put a line in your .emacs file: (setq text-mode-hook '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1))) or (setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) Either of these work. I think the default width is 72 columns.. pravin -- This program posts news to billions of machines throughout the galaxy. Your message will cost the net enough to bankrupt your entire planet, and as a result your species will be sold into slavery. Be sure you know what you are doing.