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>>>>> "David" == David List <david@davidlist.dk> writes:

  David> I would like to go through some program source files before
  David> converting them to ps, to check for lines longer than, for
  David> instance, 80 characters, so that I don't get strange looking
  David> ps files.

  David> Is this possible with emacs?


If I can be allowed a little plug, I would suggest looking at my own
"wide-column.el" package. It doesn't do what you want, but it might
mean that you don't need to do what you want in the first place....

http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~phillord/emacs.html

Cheers

Phil