From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: roodwriter@core.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs as an external flowed-text editor? Date: 12 Jun 2006 15:21:12 -0400 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <87y7w2w57b.fsf@linux.site> References: <87lks2ociv.fsf@chemnitz.dialup.cs.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150141244 21061 80.91.229.2 (12 Jun 2006 19:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 12 21:40:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FpsGy-0004BR-GG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FpsGx-0007G1-TA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-08!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 30 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139785 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35409 Archived-At: Bjoern Voigt writes: > Hello! > > I know that Emacs is capable of encoding and decoding of format=flowed > text within Gnus. > > But I want to use Emacs as an external editor for text based mailers > like Pine or Mutt. In normal mode Emacs deletes the trailing spaces with > fill-paragraph (ESC-q) and in auto-fill-mode. But this trailing spaces > should be preserved for format=flowed text. > > There is a library gnus/flow-fill.el in Emacs. But how can Emacs be > configured to use the library in text modes? > > Björn I'm not exactly clear on what you're asking here. If you're asking for a traditional word wrap with a carriage return (newline) just at the end of a paragraph, like word processors do, then try longlines.el. I just plopped it into my .emacs file, restarted and it works fine. There are only a few instances when I have it turned off. --Rod ______________________ Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail take the second "o" out of the e-mail address.