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Re: How to set line wrap
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Anselm Helbig |
Subject: |
Re: How to set line wrap |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:12 +0100 |
At Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:56:06 -0800 (PST),
RAYHAN MUKTADER <rmuktader@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Could some tell me how I can set the line wrap to 80 characters?
>
> The following is what my ~/.emacs file currently looks like:
>
> (set-fill-column 5)
> ;; Turn on tabs
> (setq indent-tabs-mode t)
> (setq-default indent-tabs-mode t)
>
> ;; Bind the TAB key
> (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command)
>
> ;; Set the tab width
> (setq default-tab-width 4)
> (setq tab-width 4)
> (setq c-basic-indent 4)
> (load-library "php-mode")
> (global-font-lock-mode t)
>
> As you can see I have set fill column to 5 just to test it.
> However, My my cursor does not move to the next line after I go pass
> five characters and I don't see any change in highlighting either.
>
> I have also tried C-u 5 C-x f but I did not see any difference.
Two things. See the docs for fill-column:
fill-column is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is 70
Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value
satisfies the predicate `integerp'.
So, when you set the fill column from your .emacs, this setting will
not apply to other buffers. To set a global default value use
setq-default:
(setq-default fill-column 5)
Furthermore you have to make sure that auto-fill-mode is turned on,
otherwise your setting will have no effect. You usually only turn it on for
certain major modes, e.g. to turn it on for latex-mode you'd add this
to your .emacs:
(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
You can of course also change the setting for fill-column in a
buffer-specific hook, using setq would make sense there.
HTH,
Anselm
--
Anselm Helbig - http://mnemonikk.org
- How to set line wrap, RAYHAN MUKTADER, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap,
Anselm Helbig <=
- Re: How to set line wrap, RAYHAN MUKTADER, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap, Anselm Helbig, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap, RAYHAN MUKTADER, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap, Anselm Helbig, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap, RAYHAN MUKTADER, 2009/12/22
- RE: How to set line wrap, Drew Adams, 2009/12/22
- Re: How to set line wrap, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2009/12/22