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Re: visual line mode
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: visual line mode |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:03:00 +0200 |
> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:35:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: drain <aeuster@gmail.com>
>
> >>> Also, why is the default to have wrapping in the middle of words?
> >>
> >> It isn't. visual-line-mode wraps between words, except when a single
> >> word is wider than a line.
> >
> > But visual-line-mode is not the default. (That's how I've interpreted
> > the question.)
> >
> > Bye,
> > Tassilo
>
> Indeed, that's what I meant: why isn't visual line mode the default?
Because Emacs is first and foremost a programmer's editor, and
wrapping lines in a buffer that shows program source is a bad idea.
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