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Re: fill-column text.texi
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Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: fill-column text.texi |
Date: |
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:38:32 +0000 (UTC) |
AFAIU the var `fill-column' is commonly known as
line-break.
No, not at all. When automatic filling is set to a specified value,
the variable `fill-column' is the value *up to which* (and including)
a carriage return or other such line-break may occur. Often, the
variable `fill-column' is larger than that line's value of its line
break. At least, that is how I learned the difference years ago.
A line break may occur anywhere, as in this sentence.
(In the previous sentence, the line break occurred at column 53, not
at the value of the variable `fill-column' which is 70 in this
instance of Emacs.)
Is there a way to refer the var `fill-column'?
Yes. I use the term `fill-column'; that works for me. Sometimes, I
have to explain that `automatic filling' refers to the same concept as
`automatic wrapping' in other programs.
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