I appreciate the fast response, esp given the timestamp. :-) I'll try the fill-column thing. Cheers. Fil On 25 December 2010 05:56, Ross Glover wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:30:35 -0500, "Filippo A. Salustri" < > salustri@ryerson.ca> 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. > > The variable you're looking for is fill-column. You can set it in your > .emacs file with > > '(fill-column 120) > > You can also do 'C-x f' to set the variable locally for a buffer. > > You might also find visual-line-mode useful; it breaks lines at buffer > edges. I do a lot of writing and have begun to default to > visual-line-mode. > > hth, > > ross > > -- > > > Sent from an Emacs buffer. > -- 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/