From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Peter Wu" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: auto-fill-mode for WordWrap Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:01:50 +0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <84el769axj.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043140175 28606 80.91.224.249 (21 Jan 2003 09:09:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:09:35 +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 18auPW-0007R5-00 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:09:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18auM5-00081R-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 04:06:01 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!tide121.microsoft.COM!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tide121.microsoft.com (207.46.71.13) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1043139713 27079847 207.46.71.13 (16 [117651]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:77080 gnu.emacs.help:109288 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5812 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5812 In article <84el769axj.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai Großjohann wrote: > "Peter Wu" writes: > >> However, I don't know how to customize the number of characters from >> which the wordwrap functions starts work. For example, I want >> sentences to be wordwrapped at character #74. > > C-h f auto-fill-mode RET shows me this: > > /---- >> auto-fill-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'. >> (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG) >> >> Toggle Auto Fill mode. >> With arg, turn Auto Fill mode on if and only if arg is positive. >> In Auto Fill mode, inserting a space at a column beyond >> `current-fill-column' automatically breaks the line at a previous >> space. >> >> The value of `normal-auto-fill-function' specifies the function to use >> for `auto-fill-function' when turning Auto Fill mode on. > \---- > > So it's current-fill-column. > > Also see the command C-x f (set-fill-column). When I do this, I am prompted: set-fill-column requires an explicit argument I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :( -- Cheers, Peter