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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




  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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