From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Display-based word wrapping
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:54:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <485EBC03.1060707@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87prq9i503.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
Chong Yidong wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Chong Yidong wrote:
>>> I have been studying Kim Storm's display-based word wrapping code. I
>>> believe it's pretty safe, and suitable for inclusion into the Emacs 23
>>> release (probably turned off by default).
>>>
>>> The original patch included a `wrap-column' variable, but I'd like to
>>> modify this to use `truncate-lines' instead, as shown below. This would
>>> mean that word wrap always uses the right window edge as a wrap column.
>>> Any objections?
>> Yes, I would find this quite impractical to not have a
>> wrap-column'. I do not want to resize windows just to edit text in a
>> comfortable way.
>
> Introducing a wrap-column variable is almost exactly the same as
> changing the window width, or equivalently the right fringe width. I
> don't see the advantage in further complicating this part of the code to
> introduce a new way to do the same thing.
I thought it would be similar to fill-column, but I am beginning to see
your point.
> It would be easier, for example, to introduce a separate patch that
> automatically adjusts the right fringe so that the editable area has a
> certain width.
From a users point of view I think it is essential that it is easy to
turn this on/off.
>> (Wouldn't it also make it impossible to use the "darkroom" editing
>> some people have suggested?)
>
> I don't know what this is about.
Here is a description, it is about distraction-free writing:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/WriteRoom
http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-screenshot.png
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-22 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-22 19:54 Display-based word wrapping Chong Yidong
2008-06-22 20:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 20:33 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-22 20:54 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
2008-06-22 22:08 ` David Reitter
2008-06-22 22:24 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-22 23:45 ` David Reitter
2008-06-23 0:32 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-22 20:12 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-22 22:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-22 23:40 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-23 1:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-23 2:04 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-23 16:42 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-23 18:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-22 23:38 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-23 0:25 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-23 0:22 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-23 1:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-23 1:51 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-23 2:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-23 2:40 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-23 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-06-24 18:06 Chong Yidong
2008-06-24 18:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-24 19:54 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-24 20:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-24 21:52 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-25 1:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-25 1:46 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-25 3:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-25 2:04 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-25 3:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-25 18:14 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-25 18:58 ` Stefan Monnier
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