Re: [AUCTeX] fill-column settings

[Ralf Angeli]

* Geoffrey Smith (2007-11-15) writes:

> Thank you for the reply.  The problem arises specifically when I am
> editing a paragraph that I have already typed.  For example, if the
> first line of my paragraph takes up 118 spaces, and I insert another
> word into it, such as "Stallman," the first line of the paragraph
> does not wrap.  The first line of the paragraph will now be 126
> long, even though the fill-column width is set to 120, and even if
> word-wrapping is enabled.

The advantage of this behavior is that the paragraph does not jitter
all the time while you are typing.

> To correctly format the paragraph, after making my changes, I have
> been hitting M-q.  The command M-q wraps each line of the paragraph
> to 120.  I am hoping to not have to use M-q all the time.

Then use Refill mode as described in the Emacs manual.

-- 
Ralf