In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, rincewind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do you normally type plain English text in emacs? > It appears that emacs either doesn't break lines at all (i.e., it just > wraps a line if it exceeds the screen width, disregarding word > boundaries), or inserts newlines when you run 'fill' command! Or > Fundamental is not a proper mode for exiting text (which mode I need, then)? > > How can I make emacs automatically format paragraphs visually, without > breaking words and without inserting newlines? Try "M-X text-mode". You'll generally end up in text mode automatically if you name your files with a ".txt" extension. It probably also want to turn on auto-fill mode (M-X auto-fill-mode). _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
