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emacsautofill
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guest

Reputation: 61

Automatic newline in emacs

I would like to configure emacs in such a way that if - while typing - I reach some width size in the buffer, I can get to the next line automatically, with no RET or ... Actually, I have a problem, that when I copy a text from other source, then a line might be longer than the width size so emacs leverages it on several lines and marks that with (not visually nice) arrows.

Thank you for your help;

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1828

Answers (1)

legoscia
legoscia

Reputation: 41527

To break lines automatically when typing, turn on auto-fill-mode: M-x auto-fill-mode

For text that you paste from somewhere else, hit M-q (which invokes the command fill-paragraph) to break the lines after the fact.

Upvotes: 8

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