* auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
@ 2003-01-21 7:55 Peter Wu
2003-01-21 8:14 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Peter Wu @ 2003-01-21 7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hello,
I set my Emacs to automatically wordwrap long sentences. It works great.
However, I don't know how to customize the number of characters from which
the wordwrap functions starts work. For example, I want sentences to be
wordwrapped at character #74.
Does anyone knows how to do this? Thanks.
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Cheers, Peter
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* Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
2003-01-21 7:55 auto-fill-mode for WordWrap Peter Wu
@ 2003-01-21 8:14 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-21 9:01 ` Peter Wu
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2003-01-21 8:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
> However, I don't know how to customize the number of characters from which
> the wordwrap functions starts work. For example, I want sentences to be
> wordwrapped at character #74.
C-h f auto-fill-mode RET shows me this:
/----
| auto-fill-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
| (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG)
|
| Toggle Auto Fill mode.
| With arg, turn Auto Fill mode on if and only if arg is positive.
| In Auto Fill mode, inserting a space at a column beyond `current-fill-column'
| automatically breaks the line at a previous space.
|
| The value of `normal-auto-fill-function' specifies the function to use
| for `auto-fill-function' when turning Auto Fill mode on.
\----
So it's current-fill-column.
Also see the command C-x f (set-fill-column).
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Ambibibentists unite!
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* Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
2003-01-21 8:14 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2003-01-21 9:01 ` Peter Wu
2003-01-21 9:16 ` Thomas Gehrlein
2003-01-21 9:18 ` Kai Großjohann
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Wu @ 2003-01-21 9:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
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In article <84el769axj.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai
Großjohann wrote:
> "Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> However, I don't know how to customize the number of characters from
>> which the wordwrap functions starts work. For example, I want
>> sentences to be wordwrapped at character #74.
>
> C-h f auto-fill-mode RET shows me this:
>
> /----
>> auto-fill-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
>> (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG)
>>
>> Toggle Auto Fill mode.
>> With arg, turn Auto Fill mode on if and only if arg is positive.
>> In Auto Fill mode, inserting a space at a column beyond
>> `current-fill-column' automatically breaks the line at a previous
>> space.
>>
>> The value of `normal-auto-fill-function' specifies the function to use
>> for `auto-fill-function' when turning Auto Fill mode on.
> \----
>
> So it's current-fill-column.
>
> Also see the command C-x f (set-fill-column).
When I do this, I am prompted:
set-fill-column requires an explicit argument
I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :(
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Cheers, Peter
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* Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
2003-01-21 9:01 ` Peter Wu
@ 2003-01-21 9:16 ` Thomas Gehrlein
2003-01-21 9:18 ` Kai Großjohann
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Gehrlein @ 2003-01-21 9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Also see the command C-x f (set-fill-column).
>
> When I do this, I am prompted:
>
> set-fill-column requires an explicit argument
>
> I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :(
You can provide an argument with the command C-u (universal-argument):
C-u 5 4 C-x f
will set the fill-column to 54.
HTH
Thomas
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* Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
2003-01-21 9:01 ` Peter Wu
2003-01-21 9:16 ` Thomas Gehrlein
@ 2003-01-21 9:18 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-21 9:36 ` Peter Wu
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kai Großjohann @ 2003-01-21 9:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
> When I do this, I am prompted:
>
> set-fill-column requires an explicit argument
>
> I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :(
C-u 42 C-x f sets it to 42.
(setq default-fill-column 42) in ~/.emacs sets the default.
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* Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap
2003-01-21 9:18 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2003-01-21 9:36 ` Peter Wu
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Wu @ 2003-01-21 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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In article <847kcyamju.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai
Großjohann wrote:
> "Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> When I do this, I am prompted:
>>
>> set-fill-column requires an explicit argument
>>
>> I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :(
>
> C-u 42 C-x f sets it to 42.
>
> (setq default-fill-column 42) in ~/.emacs sets the default.
Cool! Thank you, Kai and Thomas! :-)
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Cheers, Peter
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