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From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Don't break words at end of line in text mode
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 21:29:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Kr-dnSipBbPfr9zbnZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.415.1178675114.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

Amy Templeton wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen (matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) wrote:
>> I'm trying to figure out how to stop emacs from displaying
>> end-of-line words broken between lines; I'd like the last word to
>> move to the next line. I thought text mode might do this, but
>> apparently not. Is there an option for this?
> 
> Try turning on auto-fill-mode (M-x auto-fill-mode), if it's not
> already on. If it doesn't automagically wrap your lines where you'd
> like them wrapped, hit C-u (column number you'd like 'em wrapped
> at) C-x f, which will set the fill-column to the desired number. If
> you customize the variable fill-column, I think it will set it for
> all buffers you can open now and in the future.
> 
> If the above is the desired behavior, try adding this to your
> .emacs file:
> 
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> 
> and then evaluate it by placing the cursor at the end of the line
> and hitting C-e to load it for this session (I'm sorry if you
> already know this, but I figure it's better to be thorough the
> first time around just in case). Next time you start emacs, it'll
> be automatically evaluated; its effect is to turn on auto-fill-mode
> whenever you enter text mode.
> 
> I hope that's helpful!
> 
> Amy
> 
> 

C-e (Ende) goes to end of line and C-a (Anfang) to the beginning, no?
You meant C-x C-e

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-09  2:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-09  1:02 Don't break words at end of line in text mode Matthew Flaschen
2007-05-09  1:43 ` Amy Templeton
2007-05-09  7:21   ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-05-09  7:29     ` Daniel Rubin
2007-05-09  7:33       ` Matthew Flaschen
     [not found] ` <mailman.415.1178675114.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-09  2:29   ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2007-05-09 18:03     ` Amy Templeton
2007-05-09 18:09     ` David Hansen
2007-05-09 18:49       ` Amy Templeton

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