From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: visual line mode
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:03:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831uh47y1n.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350038115945-266940.post@n5.nabble.com>
> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:35:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: drain <aeuster@gmail.com>
>
> >>> Also, why is the default to have wrapping in the middle of words?
> >>
> >> It isn't. visual-line-mode wraps between words, except when a single
> >> word is wider than a line.
> >
> > But visual-line-mode is not the default. (That's how I've interpreted
> > the question.)
> >
> > Bye,
> > Tassilo
>
> Indeed, that's what I meant: why isn't visual line mode the default?
Because Emacs is first and foremost a programmer's editor, and
wrapping lines in a buffer that shows program source is a bad idea.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-12 11:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-12 6:56 visual line mode drain
2012-10-12 8:23 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-12 8:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-12 8:48 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-12 10:35 ` drain
2012-10-12 10:45 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-12 10:48 ` drain
2012-10-12 11:27 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-12 11:36 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-12 13:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-28 15:06 ` Matt McClure
2012-11-28 17:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-29 3:34 ` Matt McClure
2012-11-29 13:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-12-01 3:28 ` Matt McClure
2012-10-12 15:51 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-12 13:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-12 15:46 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-12 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-12 22:06 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-13 7:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-13 21:54 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-14 1:56 ` Bob Proulx
2012-10-14 5:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-16 18:38 ` drain
2012-10-12 15:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-12 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-12 21:40 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-13 7:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-13 15:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-10-13 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-12 11:03 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-10-12 11:31 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-12 11:46 ` drain
2012-10-12 13:30 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-12 14:32 ` drain
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