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Re: format paragraph
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: format paragraph |
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Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:55:18 +0000 |
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Hans Larsen <larsen587@firemail.de> wrote on Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:32:09 +0100:
> Hello,
> One of Ultraedits feature "reformat paragraph" makes it possible
> to format lines to a configurable column width. At the moment I
> don't know how to do something similar with emacs. Any idea?
M-q will do the "refilling", as emacs calls it.
To configure the column width, use, e.g. C-u 73 C-x f.
As for finding out about such things, here are a few hints for using
Emacs's help facilities:
C-h a invokes "apropos", to which you then enter a string (actually a
regular expression) and you then get command names back that match the
string.
C-h c followed by a key sequence (possibly with mouse clicks) gives you
the name of the associated command.
C-h i enters the info system. Spend a lot of time learning to use this
and learning the general layout of the Emacs info pages. It's a good
investment.
Viel Spass!
> Cheers
> -Hans
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