Re: How to re-bound a long line

["HS" <hugows@gmail.com>]

On 1 fev, 15:59, Joost Kremers <joostkrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Vols wrote:
> > In my code, I have one line which is very long, for example, this line
> > has 500 words. Emacs only shows 100 words on one screen and I have to
> > move the cursor back to see all the other 400 words. I want emacs to
> > show all the 500 words in one screen.
> > auot-fill-mode looks not working.
>
> i reckon there are no spaces in that line?
>
> try (setq truncate-lines nil).
>
> C-h v truncate-lines RET for more details.
>
> --
> Joost Kremers                                      joostkrem...@yahoo.com
> Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
> EN:SiS(9)

If you want to actually insert newlines into your text, use fill-
paragraph (or auto-fill).
If you just want to see the lines then "> try (setq truncate-lines
nil)". This will make long lines span over several "screen lines",
accordingly to screen width..

cheers,
hs