From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Javier Oviedo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: soft wrapping and line numbers Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:53:32 -0400 Organization: Texas Instruments Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051711683 4101 80.91.224.249 (30 Apr 2003 14:08:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 30 16:08:02 2003 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 19AsFd-00013l-00 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:08:01 +0200 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 19AsD2-00069l-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:05:20 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!12.120.4.37!attcg2!attdl2!attdl1!ip.att.net!news.ti.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gt64v7121.telogy.design.ti.com Original-X-Trace: tilde.itg.ti.com 1051710681 19542 158.218.105.183 (30 Apr 2003 13:51:21 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.ti.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Apr 2003 13:51:21 GMT 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 gnu.emacs.help:112565 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:9061 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9061 I have recently inquired about the line-number issue as well. Most everyone directed me to setnu.el, but it caused some funny behavior with my configuration. I was then told about wb-line-number.el. I like this very much. You can find it at: http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~stephen/emacs/ell.html -- ======= Javier "Eric Carlsen" wrote in message news:b8mjep$8b2$1@acs2.byu.edu... > I recently started using emacs and I was wondering if there is a way to > do some things. For one, is soft word wrapping implemented yet? By this > I mean that there are no newlines inserted in text but it wraps lines on > the screen without breaking up characters. Vim does it with lbr (I'm not > trying to flame, just give background) and I think it is commonly done > in the windows world. > > The other feature I would like is to have the line number written beside > each line. Is that possible? Thanks for any help. I've tried to read the > manuals and look online but I haven't found any solutions yet. >