From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display word wrapping Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:09 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <867jutq2pq.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085935835 5881 80.91.224.253 (30 May 2004 16:50:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun May 30 18:50:29 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUTW0-0003Wt-00 for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:28 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUTW0-0007VW-00 for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BUTW9-0004TX-Gn for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 30 May 2004 12:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BUTW6-0004TN-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2004 12:50:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BUTW5-0004TB-5p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2004 12:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BUTW4-0004T8-MK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2004 12:50:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BUTVn-00013p-EV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2004 12:50:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUTVm-0002gF-00 for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:14 +0200 Original-Received: from pd9e1e219.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.225.226.25]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:14 +0200 Original-Received: from kai by pd9e1e219.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 18:50:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e219.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BcdTBuRYYglOA2tNEJSXgzJbaGU= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24224 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24224 Richard Stallman writes: > Sorry, I don't understand. I don't use Gnus. Could you say > (generally) what these functions do, and also say explicitly the > conclusion we should draw from them? Washing in Gnus means to change how the message is displayed by editing the buffer displaying it. The message itself is not changed, only the buffer displaying it. One of the washing functions affects long lines: You receive a message which has long lines, you then invoke the washing function, and Gnus will display the message with newlines in the right places. There are other washing functions, but those are not relevant in this context. So M-x view-file RET could, in principle, offer similar functions. However, IMVHO, this is not a substitute for display word wrapping. Kai