From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: visual-line-mode and line wrapping
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:53:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xbaisk5hf54d.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87typxp055.fsf@stupidchicken.com
On 2010-05-24 20:31 +0100, Chong Yidong wrote:
>> Using fringes or margins (now that I have tried it and I can imagine how
>> Lennart implement his mode) are all workarounds and they are not much
>> different than opening up a frame with the desired width but then it is
>> a waste of screen estate and it has impact on productivity.
>
> Implementing a wrap margin creates exactly the same waste of screen
> estate. Functionally, the two are equivalent.
It might be the case for that buffer alone but the experience would be
different if you consider other activities while editing that buffer ie
switching to buffers, splitting windows etc. See this screenshot:
http://imagebin.org/98184. Basically I want to be able to put a cap on
the line length so that it won't go insanely long and make reading
painful.
Cheers.
Leo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-24 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-24 14:09 visual-line-mode and line wrapping Leo
2010-05-24 14:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-24 15:08 ` Leo
2010-05-24 15:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-24 16:42 ` Leo
2010-05-24 17:41 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-24 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-24 19:18 ` Leo
2010-05-24 19:31 ` Chong Yidong
2010-05-24 19:53 ` Leo [this message]
2010-05-24 20:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-24 19:58 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-24 20:27 ` Leo
2010-05-24 20:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-25 1:05 ` Johan Bockgård
2010-05-24 20:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-24 21:26 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-25 12:59 ` Sean Sieger
2010-05-25 5:10 ` Leo
2010-05-25 7:37 ` Miles Bader
2010-05-25 10:05 ` João Távora
2010-05-25 11:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-25 13:27 ` João Távora
2010-05-25 11:09 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-25 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-25 14:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-25 15:06 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-25 14:49 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-25 16:33 ` Leo
2010-05-25 8:36 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-05-25 11:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-25 13:16 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-05-25 14:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-06-05 9:21 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-06-07 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
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2010-05-25 2:52 MON KEY
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