From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: long lines distraction Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:34:01 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87bnkmon4m.fsf@debian.uxu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424561721 4605 80.91.229.3 (21 Feb 2015 23:35:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 23:35:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 22 00:35:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YPJZx-0005Vk-3x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:35:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37890 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YPJZv-0003qQ-Tm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:35:19 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EVgx3KkBV/lhH8eOEJtAVaN/cI4= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:210550 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102827 Archived-At: Jude DaShiell writes: > Has emacs got a variable I can use to prevent all of > the dollar sign characters being spoken when lines > beyond normal line lengths get written? I prefer to > hear what I'm typing since it makes it easier to > correct mistakes. My former employer had the good > sense to pay me for my computer programming and not > word processing. Try this: (set-display-table-slot standard-display-table 0 ?\ ) In general, it might be a good idea to keep that the dollar sign. It'll drive you crazy when compilation says there is an error at some line and you can't find it as it is far right of the screen. Better to use auto-fill when typing human text and when programming, simply keep the lines short. But for special situations it won't hurt trying. Just remove the line from any init file if you don't like it, of course. -- underground experts united