From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: roodwriter@core.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Word wrap / "soft" line breaks Date: 07 Apr 2006 04:52:01 -0400 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <877j61vkcu.fsf@linux.site> References: <44362009.3040406@cgv.tugraz.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144402853 5591 80.91.229.2 (7 Apr 2006 09:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 07 11:40:34 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 1FRnS8-0008R3-Qp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:40:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRnS8-0006yG-8w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:40:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!sn-xt-sjc-15!sn-xt-sjc-08!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 42 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138597 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:34215 Archived-At: Sven Havemann writes: > Hi! > > I would like to configure the behaviour of Emacs concerning the > display of long lines of text. > > What it does: > ============= > Long lines (say 800 characters with one newline at the end) fill > several lines in the window, but emacs treats them as one long > continuous line: Words are broken right in the middle and continued on > the next line, which is indicated with a small bent arrow. Navigation > is possible only to the left and right, the up and down keys may skip > a dozen lines in the window. The alternative is using auto-fill, but > that inserts many newlines, and I have to re-format the paragraph > whenever I change something in it. > > 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. > > > Any help is appreciated, > thanks in advance, > cheers, > Sven 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.