From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bijan Soleymani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: true "word wrap" Date: 07 Dec 2002 02:13:57 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wummfgi2.fsf@server.crasseux.com> References: <8765u94qep.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039284612 20622 80.91.224.249 (7 Dec 2002 18:10:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 18:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18KjOm-0005Ju-01 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 19:09:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Kj9u-00069b-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:54:34 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!wagner.videotron.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.203.44.117 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.ca Original-X-Trace: wagner.videotron.net 1039245100 24.203.44.117 (Sat, 07 Dec 2002 02:11:40 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 02:11:40 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107827 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4382 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4382 Matt Armstrong writes: > Is there a way to get "true" word wrap in emacs? I.e. not > auto-fill-mode and not (setq truncate-lines nil), but something > similar to (setq truncate-lines nil) that wraps the display on word > boundaries. > > The dominance of Visual C++'s ability to do this in its editor has > made 80 column source code a rarity where I work. :-( I'm not sure but you might be thinking of the fact that many editors move by screen lines instead of logical lines. That really helps when you have lines that are wrapping 3 or 4 times. However having code wrap on words instead of in the middle of them doesn't make THAT much of a difference. I don't know if emacs has a mode for moving by screen lines instead of logical lines. But if it doesn't it shouldn't be too hard to implement. Bijan