Re: turn off line wrap

[Mario Domgörgen]

joelvsmith@earthlink.net (Joel Smith) writes:

> how can i view a file that has lines greater than eighty characters in
> length and turn off the line wrapping.  i'm using emacs 21.3. if i
> want to see the characters off of the screen i'd just like to scroll
> over.  any help greatly appreciated.

,----[ C-h f toggle-truncate-lines RET ]
| toggle-truncate-lines is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
| It is bound to <menu-bar> <options> <truncate-lines>.
| (toggle-truncate-lines ARG)
| 
| Toggle whether to fold or truncate long lines on the screen.
| With arg, truncate long lines iff arg is positive.
| Note that in side-by-side windows, truncation is always enabled.
| 
| [back]
`----

That should help :)

Mario

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