Re: [AUCTeX] format region without auto-fill

[Michael A. Gilchrist]

Hi David,

My understanding is that for auto-format to work you need auto-fill to work. 
I will admit, however, that my understanding of lisp and programming for 
xemacs is quite limited.

Mike


On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, David Kastrup wrote:

> "Michael A. Gilchrist" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Thanks.  I was unaware of that command and it is good to know about.
> > I think that using this and adding:
> >
> > (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
> >           '(lambda() ;; lambda seems to be a dummy variable.  not sure
> >              (auto-fill-mode 1) ;; turn on auto-fill
> >              (setq fill-column 1000) ;; set length of column used by auto fill
> >              )
> > )
> >
> > to my init.el file seems to do the trick.
>
> Why do you turn on auto-fill if you don't want it?
>
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum