Re: Word wrap / "soft" line breaks

[Sven Havemann <s.havemann@cgv.tugraz.at>]

Dear Mathias,
Dear Rod,

Thanks a lot, longlines.el is a great solution!

Sven


Mathias Dahl wrote:
> Sven Havemann <s.havemann@cgv.tugraz.at> writes:
> 
>> What I would like it to do:
>> ===========================
>> A true word wrap mode where long lines fill the width of the window,
>> but complete words are put on the next line if they do not fit. Up-
>> and down-keys work as expected, going down one line on the screen, and
>> not one line of the file.
> 
> This is a common request. I don't have any serious problems with it
> that I cannot handle in various ways. You might want to take a look at
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/LongLines
> 
> or
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RefillMode
> 
> And there is a "category" page for filling:
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryFilling
> 
> Hopefilly you will find something there.



roodwriter@core.com wrote:
 >
 > That's long been a problem with Emacs, but not anymore. Get the add-on
 > longlines.el. That'll give you exactly what you're looking for.
 >
 > I'm a full-time writer and I use it every day. It's much superior to
 > all the other work-arounds.
 >
 > --Rod
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