From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Line wrapping... Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:01:04 GMT Organization: Genuity, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3XYE9.77$vl1.8506719@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038423931 32022 80.91.224.249 (27 Nov 2002 19:05:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18H7V3-0008K3-00 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 20:05:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18H7Vu-00068g-00; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:06:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!paloalto-snr1.gtei.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: /Kp2lokG9iAHRGsbf8e2iRuW5pkz/7FEXCxjq9lH0bFLYeDSpadl6lqDwDyln++TTO0lVBQeXxD/!JNgKlpHpus2y+8Cbgy3LxHzz+MOwtO5fZ6Y8PQDJpBviamPYH07hpMX9xWyjGJ/KKxEEvPjQeqpl!T0tjLZ1D1prf Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:01:04 GMT Original-Distribution: world Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107551 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4101 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4101 In article <3XYE9.77$vl1.8506719@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, alan wrote: >I've added the following line to my .emacs file to make long lines wrap. > >(set-default 'truncate-lines nil) > >It works just fine. However, when I do C-x 3 to vertically split the >current buffer into 2 buffers, both of the buffers stop doing line wrapping >and the lines end in a $ to signify overflow. > >How can I fix this. RTFM. From the documentation of truncate-line: Note that this is overridden by the variable `truncate-partial-width-windows' if that variable is non-nil and this buffer is not full-frame width. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net Genuity, Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.