Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 04:47:49PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-08-17 18:04, Jason wrote: > > > $ ls -la /tmp/emacs$(id -u) > > ls: cannot access '/tmp/emacs1000': No such file or directory > > I should have asked to try that when emacs was running. Maybe you've > read my mind? I tried

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On 2017-08-17 18:04, Jason wrote: > $ ls -la /tmp/emacs$(id -u) > ls: cannot access '/tmp/emacs1000': No such file or directory I should have asked to try that when emacs was running. Maybe you've read my mind? Is this the emacs-nox package maybe? It is possible, even likely, that disabling

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 08:55:06PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-08-16 20:53, Jason wrote: > > > > That is very odd. In a normal emacs window, do "M-x apropos > > > server-edit". What do you get? > > > > I get "[No Match]" > > What is the output of the following, typed at a shell

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:13:12PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-08-16 11:16, Jason wrote: > > > Symbol's function definition is void: server-edit > > Is there an easy answer to that? > > That is very odd. In a normal emacs window, do "M-x apropos > server-edit". What do you get? I

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On 2017-08-16 11:16, Jason wrote: > Symbol's function definition is void: server-edit > Is there an easy answer to that? That is very odd. In a normal emacs window, do "M-x apropos server-edit". What do you get? Where does your emacs come from? Binary package, what platform? Or

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 08:37:30PM +, Arkadiusz Drabczyk wrote: > On 2017-08-12, Jason wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 12:36:21PM -0500, Luis Mochan wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 08:49:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >> > On 2017-08-02 21:47, Jason

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On 2017-08-12, Jason wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 12:36:21PM -0500, Luis Mochan wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 08:49:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >> > On 2017-08-02 21:47, Jason wrote: >> > >> > > I am using emacs24 for my text editor with mutt (in a

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On 2017-08-11 20:44, Jason wrote: > '(auto-fill-mode t) > > What am I missing? > Thanks. auto-fill-mode is a function (more precisely a command, or interactive function), not a variable. To make it automatic, you need a hook, as I said. And given that, arranging for Message mode may actually

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 12:36:21PM -0500, Luis Mochan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 08:49:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2017-08-02 21:47, Jason wrote: > > > > > I am using emacs24 for my text editor with mutt (in a terminal). > > > How can I set it to automatically wrap the lines at

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 08:49:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-08-02 21:47, Jason wrote: > > > I am using emacs24 for my text editor with mutt (in a terminal). > > How can I set it to automatically wrap the lines at a certain number > > of characters? > > "M-x auto-fill-mode" will do

Re: Emacs automatic line wrapping

On 2017-08-02 21:47, Jason wrote: > I am using emacs24 for my text editor with mutt (in a terminal). > How can I set it to automatically wrap the lines at a certain number > of characters? "M-x auto-fill-mode" will do it in a new buffer, provided you set your fill-column variable. You can do

Emacs automatic line wrapping

I am using emacs24 for my text editor with mutt (in a terminal). How can I set it to automatically wrap the lines at a certain number of characters? -- Jason - Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and