From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When NOT filling in text mode... Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 21:21:59 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178730366 17150 80.91.229.12 (9 May 2007 17:06:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:06:06 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 09 19:06:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hlpbx-0002qI-9L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 19:05:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlpjA-00030l-By for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 13:13:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcklog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 21:22:33 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.74 Original-X-Trace: sv3-jLLs13WzafybhJolHwORQ4ErQEC7W4vAKVThnmduQrc69BAk+k7iO6kOsCDqTL/Wl4Vm6b20UIYquqM!wn8hpJ+6D+HAuXQ+i8R3N+QBaTcsZNFb7PM5m5TTu4aSrc5nclD3OjWdzCt6bxhC/Y6Bohz2exFC!hji5Lmsw7+yRPKbDbGLPIDAAzYhxhQ== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148229 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 09 May 2007 13:12:05 -0400 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:43839 Archived-At: Amy Templeton wrote: > Hey all, > > So a pretty random question...occasionally I have the need to edit > text files in which lines are NOT filled automatically. > Specifically, I occasionally need to edit web forms (using either > the MozEx extension, allowing me to outsource text boxes from > Iceweasel to emacsclient, or else w3m's text box editor mode), and > if the lines are filled so that they look nice in my emacs (just > under 70 characters/line), they look very silly when they show up > on the internet. Anyway, is there a way to edit these in which I > could move within a wrapped, very long line with C-n and C-p as > though it were actually several shorter lines? If so, that would be > quite useful and I'd be much obliged if someone could tell me about > it. > > Thanks, > Amy > I normally use text mode without filled lines and I navigate with C-s and C-r. Once you get used to this, you will find that it takes less time and fewer keystrokes than if Emacs had the functionality you are looking for. The only thing that is hard to get used to is setting point exactly where you want it by breaking out of the incremental search with a cursor movement keychord (C-f or C-b normally). For example, I use C-s x y (last letter of word, space, first letter of next word)then C-b to position cursor at the beginning of word starting with y. If by chance this same string occurs before the instance you wish to move to, then just press C-s again. Ed