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From: | Peter Dyballa |
Subject: | Re: How to enable wrapping after C-x 3 |
Date: | Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:39:50 +0200 |
Am 30.07.2007 um 08:46 schrieb furue@hawaii.edu:
(The documentation of truncate-lines says it's overriden by truncate-partial- width-windows. I don't know how these two variables are meant to work together.)
I think this has historical reason. In GNU Emacsen 18 and 19 truncate- lines worked, AFAIR. Then GNU Emacs learned to split a frame into windows and finally a new concept was created which also introduced truncate-partial-width-windows. This sets a new general clipping default for all buffers, as truncate-lines did before. Now it's a buffer local variable, i.e. it only applies when set inside a particular buffer *and* then only when the user is deviating from the clipping default. So truncate-lines now can be set to truncate lines in some buffers in spite of the general user setting.
-- Greetings PeteA common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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