From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hline Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 09:51:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87sg7ds1wp.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6344"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 07 15:52:21 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kxWeD-0001Zg-Hx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:52:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59912 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxWeC-00016D-KL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:52:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60020) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxWdd-000165-EG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]:55830) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxWdb-0005xj-Qe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id c124so5385047wma.5 for ; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 06:51:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=p5kLT3GJ1tGgf8KeooNrD+FRvkLFxh+MCNtG/8DxG3c=; b=mDCx1Sn8CzuRT+Ek8OxNo3FXQDFCWA7v9hAcR3IxB8euC4BZ09r3kMUb1fW/povkFd mWOuwzzR7AtJhF+ezYkTkU0rSbbJPaVvlxYVJpaWyFn2VSCcKmS+m6mxWbDcmrtF8lNT XKDZdHMUXGdPfRdu4wqkCVbBJWBM9fqnbt0YDj7aRJJsIRNvXIFevgTbUSoFS8CZRuUD mEAhGyfahoqOyIfMwczBZLxs8y+ibBIOyM96MoYrZpHkHKC9iNlkRXqAMhuKL36GnQhy Hy3upOjU+mkY1G/+TSLARbHVnzPsXR2sA3010sptWjWpHgFj1j25kmr3G8iH9ZMDT+/1 Xmpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=p5kLT3GJ1tGgf8KeooNrD+FRvkLFxh+MCNtG/8DxG3c=; b=MjOOGkjQ4vWd+yckknas454/1CbC8/d9S9+N0rdyc23ZK+0rIwcGSPtEUjuxSHM5y+ dGWvVrnNq5+i0FMjciK9lAW/mvr68+KIxbUyXM991xRcGDAjRfvYp+xCzY2/NPoSfN8y bT+5NiAZ7l+8LIYHAT1FJAF3H5Q91q87inaafjsIdgoyMwlaqPSo8oHt2wYDJMHAgXQo ftWn/0kN1UNusrwAjmqJL+qOzMDqnYue4n25WHq39h8zv5Kcb6F0MrD/ylx/j2pqDx2E eFrEE4lc6wrMXo0gay9/f6Q1xOwhiLTJVBHebdkTSnu4PEKQAr2Aa98kE9Foe1fOlJgx byxQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532flc9Fb0xYVbudRN9MTBozNuBLPFYHrLMRpbtxiTymy+7zI8M1 rdfzIpPiFuv9vGxc945eHPSXyTbQfQYAbqHoLr/LaJIlNZ1p/Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwNhKw3irGWsTL8TQwZ4+JYCIKXlkSh+yQjiyGYdLT4Lzt5k2PdmDX87HkHTJOiBrTybibUcMv6iyEkD1JQURc= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6383:: with SMTP id x125mr8344497wmb.46.1610031101735; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 06:51:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::32c; envelope-from=tim.visher@gmail.com; helo=mail-wm1-x32c.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127052 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 4:53 AM Jean Louis wrote: > * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor < > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-01-07 09:24]: > > (defun hline (&optional char) > > (interactive "P") > > (let ((len (- (window-width) (current-column) 1)) > > (c (or char ?-)) ) > > (insert (make-string len c)) )) > > I can undertand and find it useful. But you should maybe think of > auto-fill-mode and fill-column, is it? > > If fill-column is 70, should line really go over all the visible > window screen? As text does not. > I've done something similar to this that respected fill-column. I use it quite a bit when writing software. ``` (defun header-comment (comment) "Insert a header COMMENT A header comment is a line of comment characters fill-column long, a line of 3 comment characters followed by a space then COMMENT, and a line of comment characters fill-column long again." (interactive "sComment: ") (let* ((comment-char (string-to-char comment-start)) (wrapper (make-string fill-column comment-char)) (comment-line (format "%s %s" (make-string 3 comment-char) comment))) (insert wrapper "\n" comment-line "\n" wrapper))) ```