From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: automatically add newlines Date: 06 Dec 2003 20:07:39 +0100 Organization: [posted via Easynet Spain] Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87iskt9344.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070738144 22986 80.91.224.253 (6 Dec 2003 19:15:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 19:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 20:15:38 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AShty-0000Gv-01 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 20:15:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASiqS-0006He-6a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 15:16:04 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!195.40.4.120.MISMATCH!easynet-quince!easynet.net!easynet-post1!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.93.174.79 Original-X-Trace: DXC=7iBnHTC5:\RcJmFQALVhLXV1L<_KKdG_RbBd4DjF1d]Q Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119064 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15004 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15004 "colin smith" writes: > Hi Everyone, > > Thanks for your help with the capitalization question I posted > previously. > This question pertains to adding newlines. > > I am using a frame configuration of : > > (setq initial-frame-alist > '((width . 123) (height . 43) > (cursor-type . bar) > (cursor-color . "black"))) > > For the present project I am working on I need to keep all lines to a > fixed length of 75 columns. > Is there a way to enable emacs to automatically add newlines when I type > out of the 75 column bound. > I need a way to do this without changing my frame configuration. The > reason for this is that with this configuration(and font size I am using), > the emacs > frame occupies the whole of my computer screen, which is what somebody would > usually want. Use the minor mode: auto-fill-mode and set the right margin or the fill-column. -- __Pascal_Bourguignon__ . * * . * .* . http://www.informatimago.com/ . * . .* * . . /\ () . * Living free in Alaska or in Siberia, a . . / .\ . * . grizzli's life expectancy is 35 years, .*. / * \ . . but no more than 8 years in captivity. . /* o \ . http://www.theadvocates.org/ * '''||''' . SCO Spam-magnet: postmaster@sco.com ******************