Line length when writing an email

Line length when writing an email

[Sharon Kimble]

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I've recently found that when writing an email the line length is not
recognised, in spite of having
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq-default fill-column 78)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
in my '.gnus.el'. When replying to an email the line length very often goes to
the edge of the window, even with 'Word Wrap (visual line mode)' enabled.

How can I get it to just stop at a line length of just 78 characters please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: Line length when writing an email

[Clemens Schüller]

Hello!

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:

> I've recently found that when writing an email the line length is not
> recognised, in spite of having
> (setq-default fill-column 78)
> in my '.gnus.el'. When replying to an email the line length very often goes to
> the edge of the window, even with 'Word Wrap (visual line mode)' enabled.

> How can I get it to just stop at a line length of just 78 characters please?

╭────
│(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
│(lambda ()
│  (setq fill-column 78)
│  (turn-on-auto-fill)))
╰────

This should work.


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Re: Line length when writing an email

[Sharon Kimble]

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Clemens Schüller <cs.mlists+info-gnus@mailbox.org> writes:

> Hello!
>
> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>
>> I've recently found that when writing an email the line length is not
>> recognised, in spite of having
>> (setq-default fill-column 78)
>> in my '.gnus.el'. When replying to an email the line length very often goes to
>> the edge of the window, even with 'Word Wrap (visual line mode)' enabled.
>
>> How can I get it to just stop at a line length of just 78 characters please?
>
> ╭────
> │(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
> │(lambda ()
> │  (setq fill-column 78)
> │  (turn-on-auto-fill)))
> ╰────
>
> This should work.
Thanks Clemens, this works beautifully. How did you get the solid lines round
your box-quote please? It makes it stand out and look very professional! :)

Sharon.
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Re: Line length when writing an email

[Igor Sosa Mayor]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> Thanks Clemens, this works beautifully. How did you get the solid lines round
> your box-quote please? It makes it stand out and look very professional! :)

have a look at
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BoxQuote
http://emacs-fu.blogspot.co.at/2008/12/some-simple-tricks-boxquote-footnote.html


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Box-quote (was: Line length when writing an email)

[Teemu Likonen]

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Sharon Kimble [2014-04-19 22:59:09 +01:00] wrote:

> Clemens Schüller <cs.mlists+info-gnus@mailbox.org> writes:
>> ╭────
>> │(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
>> │(lambda ()
>> │  (setq fill-column 78)
>> │  (turn-on-auto-fill)))
>> ╰────

> How did you get the solid lines round your box-quote please? It makes
> it stand out and look very professional! :)

Box quote may look nice but it's more difficult to copy the code. Plain
text lines, possibly with indentation, is better:

    (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
              (lambda ()
                (setq fill-column 78)
                (turn-on-auto-fill)))

Or maybe plain lines with "cut" markers:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
          (lambda ()
            (setq fill-column 78)
            (turn-on-auto-fill)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

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Re: Line length when writing an email

[Clemens Schüller]

Hello Sharon!

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> Clemens Schüller <cs.mlists+info-gnus@mailbox.org> writes:

>> ╭────
>> │(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
>> │(lambda ()
>> │  (setq fill-column 78)
>> │  (turn-on-auto-fill)))
>> ╰────
>>
>> This should work.
> Thanks Clemens, this works beautifully. How did you get the solid lines round
> your box-quote please? It makes it stand out and look very professional! :)

I have the following code in my .emacs:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq boxquote-top-and-tail "────"
      boxquote-top-corner "╭"
      boxquote-bottom-corner "╰"
      boxquote-side "│"
)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


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