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changeset 68464:79464a6167f5
* basic.texi (Continuation Lines, Inserting Text): Mention
longlines mode.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:37:15 +0000 |
| parents | 2392ea9054a3 |
| children | 37d03b3298bf |
| files | man/ChangeLog man/basic.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/ChangeLog Sun Jan 29 17:04:27 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sun Jan 29 18:37:15 2006 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-01-29 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> + + * basic.texi (Continuation Lines, Inserting Text): Mention + longlines mode. + 2006-01-29 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * screen.texi: Minor cleaups.
--- a/man/basic.texi Sun Jan 29 17:04:27 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Sun Jan 29 18:37:15 2006 +0000 @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ Emacs can split lines automatically when they become too long, if you turn on a special minor mode called @dfn{Auto Fill} mode. -@xref{Filling}, for how to use Auto Fill mode. +@xref{Filling}, for how to use Auto Fill mode and other modes for +@dfn{filling} text. If you prefer to have text characters replace (overwrite) existing text rather than shove it to the right, you can enable Overwrite mode, @@ -540,17 +541,20 @@ characters in the ``empty'' columns, just before the @samp{\} character that indicates continuation. - Sometimes it is nice to have Emacs insert newlines automatically when -a line gets too long. Continuation on the screen does not do that. Use -Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}) if that's what you want. + Continued lines can be rather difficult to read, since each line is +typically broken in the middle of a word. You can have Emacs insert a +newline automatically when a line gets too long, by using Auto Fill +mode. Another approach, intermediate between continued lines and Auto +Fill mode, is Long Lines mode, which ensures that wrapping only occurs +in the spaces between words. @xref{Filling}. @cindex truncation @cindex line truncation, and fringes - As an alternative to continuation, Emacs can display long lines by -@dfn{truncation}. This means that all the characters that do not fit -in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. @samp{$} -in the last column or a small straight arrow in the fringe to the -right of the window indicates a truncated line. + Emacs can also display long lines by @dfn{truncation}. This means +that all the characters that do not fit in the width of the screen or +window do not appear at all. @samp{$} in the last column or a small +straight arrow in the fringe to the right of the window indicates a +truncated line. @xref{Display Custom}, for more information about line truncation, and other variables that affect how text is displayed.