From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Auto-Fill (aka Word Wrap) of Headline Text Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:53:10 +0530 Message-ID: <818vt9pxyp.fsf@gmail.com> References: <4df19686.4a8ee50a.7b58.5fee@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV2cP-00076K-Hi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:23:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV2cN-0000cc-CQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:23:25 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:53722) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV2cM-0000cE-PM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:23:23 -0400 Received: by pzk4 with SMTP id 4so1516310pzk.0 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:23:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Lex Fridman's message of "Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:12:12 -0400") 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: Lex Fridman Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org You can turn on longlines-mode. I see that fontification of the headlines doesn't continue on to the continuation line. Nevertheless it would permit having long headlines while having the convenience of it (visually) wrapped around. Jambunathan K. Lex Fridman writes: > So, for a to-do list, if I want to write a lengthy description for a > to-do item, do I need to start the description on the next line > without the stars (*) at the beginning? > > I guess that makes sense. See, I thought of the headlines more as a > bulleted list and not just a section heading tree... > > If you have any suggestions or guidance, let me know. Either way, > thanks for the sanity check. > > - Lex > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira > wrote: >> >> I think this is the correct behaviour, since headlines cannot span multiple >> lines (as far as I know). >> >> This is also the case for the fill-paragraph command. If you try to call >> fill-paragraph in a headline nothing happens. >> >> -- >> Darlan >> >> At Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:56:02 -0400, >> Lex Fridman wrote: >>> >>> I enable auto-fill (aka word wrap) with: >>> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) >>> >>> Now, while editting an org file, I check the minor modes with "C-h m", >>> and Auto-Fill is one of them. So when I type a long line it should >>> automatically wrap, right? It does for regular text but NOT for when >>> it's a headline (line starts with one or more *'s). >>> >>> I'm sorry if this is a trivial question, but I simply have not been >>> able to find a solution. I'm using org-mode version 7.4 in emacs >>> 23.2.1 on Ubuntu 11.04. >>> >> > > --