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Re: any Emacs features to help keep code/comments under 80 columns width
From: |
lawrence mitchell |
Subject: |
Re: any Emacs features to help keep code/comments under 80 columns width? |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:48:41 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2.90 (i386-mingw-nt5.0.2195) |
seberino@spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> I often write comments and code and look at modeline's Column# display
> to verify I did not go beyond the 80th column when I type.
> Are there any goodies in Emacs to help me accomplish this???
> Maybe....
> 1. Emacs flashes the screen when I reach column 80
> 2. Emacs automatically adds a hard return and moves me to next line
> when I reach column 80.
You could use `auto-fill-mode'[1] which automatically wraps text
once it reaches a certain column (specified by the variable
`fill-column'). Alternately, if you merely want a visual
indication of whether you've typed beyond a certain column, take
a look at vvb-mode <URL:
http://www.geocities.com/gchen275/xemacs/>. If you're using it
with Emacs (as opposed to XEmacs), you'll have to
(require 'lucid) first.
[1] Enabled by typing M-x auto-fill-mode RET
--
lawrence mitchell <wence@gmx.li>