Re: [O] Trouble with autofill mode

[John Kitchin]

I turned off auto-fill everywhere many years ago (it messed up my code
blocks in org-mode too much. I usually write them in org-mode, not the
programming mode). I use (global-visual-line-mode 1)

I cannot think of any issues that causes. I even have an
unfill-paragraph to fix what my students do ;) I cannot say I seen many
advantages with git with this, but we usually have one paragraph on a
line.  One day I just need to learn how to do word-based diffs/merge for
text, instead of line-based.

The only exception to auto-fill i can think of is in mu4e, where emails to get 
filled
so they fit in about an 80 character field.

Vikas Rawal writes:

>>
>>
>> On 2015-08-03 at 23:11, Vikas Rawal <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> But I guess one has to have some compromise somewhere :)
>>
>> Another compromise would be to stop using autofill mode and use 
>> visual-line-mode or something else. I recently made the switch after many 
>> years of auto-fill. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it works well.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, I have been thinking about this too. visual-line-mode with each sentence 
> in a separate line would have many other advantages too. It would perhaps be 
> better for git-like version control of documents written in orgmode. Isn’t it?
>
> Do others have an experience to share about this?
>
> Vikas

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