Questions tagged [fill-column]
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Can I allow punctuation to run past fill-column?
In typography, there's a practice called 'protrusion' (or hanging punctuation) that allows certain symbols to hang off the end of the margin:
I'd like to do the same thing for my text documents.
Can I change fill-paragraph (and friends?) to ignore…
Sean Allred
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Per-mode value for `fill-column'
Emacs and I agree on many things. That's good. However, there is one thing we disagree on – the default value for fill-column for different major modes. In order to alleviate this, I added the following to my init file:
(let…
d125q
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Change fill-column-indicator rule color immediately
How can I change the color of the fill-column-indicator and have the changes visible immediately?
(defun my:change-fci-color (color)
(setq fci-rule-color color)
(fci-redraw-frame))
The previous code doesn't change the color in existing buffers…
Joe
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Why is the default value of fill-column 70?
Is there a reason that the default value of fill-column is 70?
In my experience, everyone who cares about the value of fill-column prefers a default value of 80.
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How do I suppress messages in the echo area (e.g. `Fill column set to 80 (was 80)`)?
When I open a Python file I keep seeing Fill column set to 80 (was 80) message in the echo area. I know I have set it this limit , but I don't want to be keep reminded about it.
Is it possible to suppress this message?
my setup:
(add-hook…
alper
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Maintaining consistent visual fill column under `org-indent-mode`
How can one enable org-indent-mode (or otherwise indent content to Org headings) while still maintaining a consistent visual fill column?
Matthew Piziak
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fill-paragraph does not honor fill-column
C-h v fill-column gives me 80.
Pasting the lorem ipsum text in *scratch* (lines longer than 80) then going M-x fill-paragraph fills around column 66.
The same in c-mode. In this mode, comment wraps seem to work, but not raw text outside code.
If I…
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Fill-column conflicts with YASnippet [Examples in gif]
I use fill-column in my dot-Emacs. And I have the following setting:
(turn-on-auto-fill)
(set-fill-column 60)
The result looks like this:
Every time when the input exceeds columnnumber 60, it will break and proceed further on the new line.
Next…
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Disable fill-column-indicator Only in Minibuffer
My code
(custom-set-variables
'(global-display-fill-column-indicator-mode t)
'(minibuffer-mode-hook `(,@minibuffer-mode-hook
,(lambda ()
(display-fill-column-indicator-mode -1)))))
doesn't…
shynur
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How to fill a string programmatically like fill-region in elisp?
Here is what I want:
(fill-string ";; This is a long string to be inserted into a buffer somewhere. Okay that's it.")
This should insert line breaks according to the fill-column. Something like this should be returned,
;; This is a long string…
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Format help buffers to specific width
I'm helping a visually impaired user make viewing documentation in Emacs easier. He sets his font size such that he has about 40 columns of text in a full-screen frame with no splits (and he has configured Emacs never to split the window). At that…
Ista
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Turn on auto-fill-mode when editing a commit message with Magit?
I have tried:
(add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook '(lambda ()
(setq fill-column 72)
(turn-on-auto-fill)))
In both cases, auto-fill-mode is not active in the COMMIT_EDITMSG buffer…
Mathieu Marques
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fill-column-indicator mode doesn't show a straight vertical line
OS windows7 64bit | GNU emacs 24.3.1
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How can I keep windows from being shrunk past their fill-columns?
Typically I have two windows, left and right, with the left window (call it the "editing window") showing a buffer in a prog-mode or text-mode and the right window (call it the "auxiliary window") showing something else: documentation, Magit, make…
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Automatically set `fill-column' based on flake8 setup
How can I automatically set fill-column based on flake8 configuration for python-mode buffers, specifically the max-line-length value in .flake8? Solutions that employs existing extensions are welcome.
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