From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Havemann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Word wrap / "soft" line breaks Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:49:03 +0200 Message-ID: <44365fbf$0$11868$3b214f66@aconews.univie.ac.at> References: <44362009.3040406@cgv.tugraz.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144417237 21436 80.91.229.2 (7 Apr 2006 13:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 07 15:40:34 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 1FRrCP-00026t-6y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:40:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRrCO-0002T1-PW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:40:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newscore.univie.ac.at!aconews-feed.univie.ac.at!aconews.univie.ac.at!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 48 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gothic.cgv.tugraz.at Original-X-Trace: 1144414143 aconews.univie.ac.at 11868 129.27.224.173 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@univie.ac.at Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138601 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:34220 Archived-At: Dear Mathias, Dear Rod, Thanks a lot, longlines.el is a great solution! Sven Mathias Dahl wrote: > Sven Havemann 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 > ______________________ > Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical > Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail > take the second "o" out of the e-mail address.