Re: line wrap problem

[ngse@yahoo.com (S. Eng)]

Thank you all. It works now. 
ngse


pemente@northpark.edu (Eric Pement) wrote in message news:<227a55e9.0303191011.35f66887@posting.google.com>...
> ngse@yahoo.com (S. Eng) wrote in message news:<fb376a9e.0303180909.12d4daf7@posting.google.com>...
> > Hi
> > 
> > I want to line wrap at column 72.
> > I have the following lines in my .emacs
> > 
> > (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
> > (setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> > (setq current-fill-column 72)
> > 
> > It does not work on NTEmacs 21.1.1 running under Win2K
> 
> I'm using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 running under Win2K, same as you.
> Here's what I have in my .emacs init file:
> 
>    (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
>    (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
>    (setq fill-column 71)
> 
> It works for me. Note especially that I use "fill-column" instead
> of "current-fill-column" and also the "add-hook" command. Also,
> note that when you first run Emacs, you are automatically in the
> *Scratch* buffer, which is not a text-mode buffer. To run in text
> mode, open or create a new file and you should see the string
> "(Text Fill)--L1----ALL----" in the gray status bar.
> 
> If you can see that, then you should be able to type new content,
> and see the line wrap automatically after it reaches 75 characters
> or so. If you add new content to existing paragraphs, Emacs will
> push the new content to the right, but will not automatically
> "reflow" or reformat the paragraph.
> 
> To reformat an edited paragraph to your preset margins, you must
> type ESC-q (2 successive keystrokes) or ALT-Q (simultaneously) to
> reformat the paragraph. Hope this helps.