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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsf.cb.att.com!hillel
  2. From: hillel@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (hillel.e.markowitz)
  3. Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
  4. Subject: Re: word wrapping (was Re: A better spell checker?)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug26.145546.23550@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  6. Date: 26 Aug 92 14:55:46 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug18.224145.8409@inmet.camb.inmet.com> <1992Aug24.152350.26055@hubcap.clemson.edu> <BOB.92Aug26102433@volitans.MorningStar.Com>
  8. Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
  9. Organization: AT&T Federal Systems
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  12. In article <BOB.92Aug26102433@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
  13. >In article <1992Aug24.152350.26055@hubcap.clemson.edu> andy@mercury.cs.clemson.edu (Andrew J. Greenshields N3IGS) writes:
  14. >   ...the version [of emacs] they have here does not word wrap at the
  15. >   end of each line.  How can I alter it so that it will do this?
  16. >
  17. >Insert lines like this in your ~/.emacs:
  18. >
  19. >(setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
  20. >(setq outline-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
  21. >
  22.  
  23. ....
  24.  
  25. I find that the following works better.
  26.  
  27.  
  28. ;;; Turn auto-fill automatically on in all modes
  29. (setq-default auto-fill-hook 'do-auto-fill)
  30.  
  31. Hillel Markowitz        H_Markowitz@att.com
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