Centering Text Display in Carbon Emacs if Only One Buffer is Open?

[Steve Revilak]

> From: Nocebic Meme <nocebicmeme@gmail.com>

> I was wondering if there is a way to center the text displayed in
> carbon emacs.  I've added this to my .emacs file:
>
> (setq-default fill-column 66)
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
>
> But with my font size, it leaves a lot of blank space on the right
> hand side of the screen where the text wraps.  Is there any way to
> have emacs put the text in the center of the screen for a more

I was about to suggest M-x center-line, but realized that's not what
you want to do.  You don't want to reformat the text -- you're trying
to change its horizontal position in the buffer.

You could try enlarging the fringes, something like 

   (fringe-mode '(50 . 50))

Respectively, the two numbers specify the pixel width of the left and
right fringes.

To restore the default fringe setting:

   (fringe-mode nil)

Alternatively, you can experiment with changing the window size.  My
.emacs has

  (setq initial-frame-alist '((width . 86) 
                              (height . 48)))

To resize an existing frame, use

(modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame) 
                         '((width . 86)
                           (height . 48)))

Finally, you can experiment with changing the default face (if you
haven't already done so).

  M-x customize-face RET default RET

Steve

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