Hi all, I've figured it out. I added this bit to my preferences: > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode nil) (visual-line-mode t))) And that got the modes the way I like it. Cheers. Fil On 7 January 2011 12:41, Filippo A. Salustri wrote: > Hi again. > I send the msg below a few weeks ago, and got a reasonable response from > Ross Glover. > However, I'm still convinced that I would prefer to try orgmode with > different word wrapping. > I'm looking for a way to get orgmode buffers to be in visual-line-mode and > org-indent-mode only. > That is, I'm looking to turn off truncate-lines and auto-fill-mode. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Much obliged. > Cheers. > Fil Salustri > > > On 25 December 2010 00:30, Filippo A. Salustri wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm new to org-mode (though I've been a causal emacs user for more than 10 >> yrs). >> I'm running org 7.4 on the current Aquamacs, and I prefer larger than >> normal windows (120 col x 36 rows). >> The problem is that org seems to do hard auto-fill linebreaks regardless >> of window size. >> I have honestly looked everywhere I can think of for a solution. >> The only thing I've figured out is that if org buffers seem to be set to >> org-indent-mode, truncate-lines, auto-fill-mode, and visual-line-mode. >> I seem to get the effect I desire if there's only visual-line-mode and >> org-indent-mode. >> I can set these via the menu, but I want this to be the global org way. >> So the question is: >> >> How can I turn off truncate-lines and auto-fill-mode globally for all org >> files? >> >> Cheers. >> Fil Salustri >> >> -- >> Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. >> Mechanical and Industrial Engineering >> Ryerson University >> 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON >> M5B 2K3, Canada >> Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 >> Fax: 416/979-5265 >> Email: salustri@ryerson.ca >> http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ >> > > > > -- > Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. > Mechanical and Industrial Engineering > Ryerson University > 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON > M5B 2K3, Canada > Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 > Fax: 416/979-5265 > Email: salustri@ryerson.ca > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salustri@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/