Re: [AUCTeX] fill-column settings

[Geoffrey Smith]

Hi David,

Thank you for the reply.  The problem arises specifically when I am editing a 
paragraph that I have already typed.  For example, if the first line of my 
paragraph takes up 118 spaces, and I insert another word into it, such as 
"Stallman," the first line of the paragraph does not wrap.  The first line of 
the paragraph will now be 126 long, even though the fill-column width is set to 
120, and even if word-wrapping is enabled.

To correctly format the paragraph, after making my changes, I have been hitting 
M-q.  The command M-q wraps each line of the paragraph to 120.  I am hoping to 
not have to use M-q all the time.

Thank you again for your reply.  And thank you to anyone who may be able to 
help.

Geoff Smith
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:24:11 +0100
>From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>  
>Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] fill-column settings  
>To: Geoffrey Smith <address@hidden>
>Cc: address@hidden
>
>Geoffrey Smith <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use Emacs and AUCTeX to edit my LaTeX documents on a Windows XP
>> machine.  To fill my screen, I have set my fill-column setting to 120
>> by inserting the following line in my .emacs file:
>> (custom-set-variables '(fill-column 120)).
>>
>> To get Emacs to respect my fill-column setting, I am always having to
>> hit M-q to tidy up my paragraphs.  Is there any way to solve the
>> problem of having to hit M-q all of the time?  Is there a way to have
>> Emacs just do word-wrapping like other LaTeX text editors do?
>
>Use the Options/Word Wrap in Text Modes menu, then Options/Save Options.
>
>-- 
>David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum