From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: seberino@spawar.navy.mil Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: any Emacs features to help keep code/comments under 80 columns width? Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:22:27 -0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021128152227.A8121@spawar.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038525914 3702 80.91.224.249 (28 Nov 2002 23:25:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:25:14 +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 18HY1w-0000xY-00 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:25:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18HY0B-00033k-00; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:23:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18HXzM-00028a-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:22:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18HXzJ-00021X-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:22:31 -0500 Original-Received: from dt063n37.san.rr.com ([24.30.154.55]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18HXzJ-0001yl-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:22:29 -0500 Original-Received: from seberino by dt063n37.san.rr.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18HXzI-00027F-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:22:28 -0800 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4136 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4136 I often write comments and code and look at modeline's Column# display to verify I did not go beyond the 80th column when I type. Are there any goodies in Emacs to help me accomplish this??? Maybe.... 1. Emacs flashes the screen when I reach column 80 2. Emacs automatically adds a hard return and moves me to next line when I reach column 80. 3. Emacs just doesn't let me type beyond column 80. Chris -- _______________________________________ Dr. Christian Seberino SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2363 49590 Lassing Road, Room A339 San Diego, CA 92152-6147 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-7940 Fax: (619) 553-1269 Email: seberino@spawar.navy.mil _______________________________________