On 4/8/18, Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org> wrote:
>> off topic here, but the problem with visual-line-mode for me is that
>> at least in 24.4 it does not respect fill column. this is a
>> dealbreaker. i stick with m-q.
>
> It still doesn’t (I’m using 25.3.2), but I have become used to adjusting the
> width of my Emacs window to match what I want to do - make it full-width for
> coding, and half- or two-thirds for prose. The lines then adjust to the
> width of the window automatically.
not possible for me for accessibility reasons. emacs does understand
pixels, so it should be possible.
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 907 bytes --] On Sunday, 8 Apr 2018 at 13:57, Samuel Wales wrote: > On 4/8/18, Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org> wrote: >>> off topic here, but the problem with visual-line-mode for me is that >>> at least in 24.4 it does not respect fill column. this is a > >>> dealbreaker. i stick with m-q. >> >> It still doesn’t (I’m using 25.3.2), but I have become used to adjusting the >> width of my Emacs window to match what I want to do - make it full-width for >> coding, and half- or two-thirds for prose. The lines then adjust to the >> width of the window automatically. > > not possible for me for accessibility reasons. emacs does understand > pixels, so it should be possible. > What I do, when I want distraction free writing, is expand the fringes to take up whatever amount of screen space I wish. cf set-fringe-mode -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.6-347-gd73a5e [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 194 bytes --]
On 4/9/18, Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> wrote:
> What I do, when I want distraction free writing, is expand the fringes
> to take up whatever amount of screen space I wish. cf set-fringe-mode
interesting idea, but not useful here as i need org headers and tables
to extend as far as possible, while paragraphs are filled to a narrow
column.
> On 10-Apr-2018, at 5:12 AM, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/9/18, Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What I do, when I want distraction free writing, is expand the fringes
>> to take up whatever amount of screen space I wish. cf set-fringe-mode
>
> interesting idea, but not useful here as i need org headers and tables
> to extend as far as possible, while paragraphs are filled to a narrow
> column.
>
Neither visual-line-mode nor visual-fill-column-mode do this. Would be very nice if this were possible.
Vikas