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Re: Line-wrapping of 80 character long lines
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Line-wrapping of 80 character long lines |
Date: |
02 Dec 2002 22:23:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
address@hidden (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> Henrik Holm <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I really like the feature of Emacs 21 and higher, that the fringes are
> > used instead of the \ character to indicate when a line has been
> > wrapped.
> >
> > However, there is one part of this behavior that I find a bit
> > misleading: If a line is exactly 80 characters, it gets "wrapped"
> > -- even if it is not needed. (This applies of course when my Emacs
> > window is 80 characters. If the Emacs window is narrrower, for
> > instance 20 cols as in the example below, the behavior will be
> > similar.)
>
> The problem is where to put the cursor. When point is at the end of
> the line, where do you display the cursor?
>
> One solution is to be able to display the cursor in the right
> fringe. Another possibility might be to display the cursor as a
> narrow vertical bar to the right of the last character.
Also, there's no guarantee that there is a right fringe, or whether it
has sufficient width to show a cursor. But for most uses, I think it
makes good sense to display the cursor in the fringe.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk