From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris McMahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: changing number of columns. Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:10:01 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <1159198710.128188.128340@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159202467 7063 80.91.229.2 (25 Sep 2006 16:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 25 18:41:05 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 1GRtVI-00053v-8b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRtVH-0005ys-Ji for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:40:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1159200600 11727 166.84.1.5 (25 Sep 2006 16:10:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:10:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IZI6RxKcy9pOM2GRMGQR6vsR7mg= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142000 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:37623 Archived-At: set-fill-column is the function you want to use. Here's the info: set-fill-column is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'. It is bound to C-x f. (set-fill-column arg) Set `fill-column' to specified argument. Use C-u followed by a number to specify a column. Just C-u as argument means to use the current column. Esc 60 M-x set-fill-column will set the column to 60 - Chris "DaLoverhino" writes: > When I do ESC-q, it rearranges text to fill up a width of about 80 > characters. > > How do I change the width of a text page just for that session? Or > change the default? > > The reason why I ask is lot of these web-based email sites have a > character width of 60 chars or less, which is really annoying, when I > like to compose my emails through emacs, and copy and paste them back > into the web interface. (BTW, does gmail have a 60 char width?) > > thanks. > -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo===================================== Chris McMahan | first_initiallastname@one.dot.net =================================================