From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to enable wrapping after C-x 3 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:39:50 +0200 Message-ID: <5CE2C148-C754-4DE5-A0D1-4B24C10A8E0F@Web.DE> References: <1185565052.995020.17910@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <1185777974.728077.99100@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185792037 27823 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2007 10:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: furue@hawaii.edu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 30 12:40:26 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IFSfo-0006FG-ST for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:40:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFSfo-0004gC-7x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:40:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFSfT-0004bI-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFSfR-0004Vp-FS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:40:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFSfR-0004VS-Av for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:40:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFSfQ-0007m1-Sf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:40:01 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529459004288; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:39:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [62.134.212.94] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.108 #197) id 1IFSfN-0003mf-00; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:39:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1185777974.728077.99100@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+PidqrKBQ1/cYLh3dO/C70aYZHjVbkfNvW+oAV LB5qpFQFQTmOkUMb0CtIbCspKubnCeFJNcHLdYpKY3CM9AaEhk ynfwg3m/EpRh/BAoxKoQ== X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46181 Archived-At: Am 30.07.2007 um 08:46 schrieb furue@hawaii.edu: > (The documentation > of truncate-lines says it's overriden by truncate-partial- > width-windows. I don't know how these two variables > are meant to work together.) I think this has historical reason. In GNU Emacsen 18 and 19 truncate- lines worked, AFAIR. Then GNU Emacs learned to split a frame into windows and finally a new concept was created which also introduced truncate-partial-width-windows. This sets a new general clipping default for all buffers, as truncate-lines did before. Now it's a buffer local variable, i.e. it only applies when set inside a particular buffer *and* then only when the user is deviating from the clipping default. So truncate-lines now can be set to truncate lines in some buffers in spite of the general user setting. -- Greetings Pete A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.