From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Trouble with autofill mode Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:47:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87si818mw9.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <5AF0D5A1-1F17-44EF-900F-A165757DC745@agrarianresearch.org> <871tfjvov1.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org> <84B3D318-6A0F-4EEE-BE30-FFC9825A9D72@agrarianresearch.org> <71D66E68-DBC6-4909-9442-CBD46DAC5468@agrarianresearch.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57274) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMbcr-0007jo-Lb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:47:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMbcn-0003SR-Ld for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:47:25 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22c]:35038) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMbcn-0003SJ-I4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:47:21 -0400 Received: by qgab18 with SMTP id b18so5141493qga.2 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 05:47:21 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <71D66E68-DBC6-4909-9442-CBD46DAC5468@agrarianresearch.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Vikas Rawal Cc: Nick Dokos , org-mode mailing list , Ken Mankoff I turned off auto-fill everywhere many years ago (it messed up my code blocks in org-mode too much. I usually write them in org-mode, not the programming mode). I use (global-visual-line-mode 1) I cannot think of any issues that causes. I even have an unfill-paragraph to fix what my students do ;) I cannot say I seen many advantages with git with this, but we usually have one paragraph on a line. One day I just need to learn how to do word-based diffs/merge for text, instead of line-based. The only exception to auto-fill i can think of is in mu4e, where emails to = get filled so they fit in about an 80 character field. Vikas Rawal writes: >> >> >> On 2015-08-03 at 23:11, Vikas Rawal wr= ote: >>> But I guess one has to have some compromise somewhere :) >> >> Another compromise would be to stop using autofill mode and use visual-l= ine-mode or something else. I recently made the switch after many years of = auto-fill. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it works well. >> >> > > Yes, I have been thinking about this too. visual-line-mode with each sent= ence in a separate line would have many other advantages too. It would perh= aps be better for git-like version control of documents written in orgmode.= Isn=E2=80=99t it? > > Do others have an experience to share about this? > > Vikas -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu