Re: How to wrap lines?

[BP25]

> On Mon, Mar 25 2024, BP25 wrote:
>> My "notes" field is long but only displayed as one line (both in bbdb
>> and in the popup). I tried to set bbdb-wrap-column to non-nil (and
>> actually I suspect that the value matters), but nothing changes! Can
>> anyone help please? I looked at the code but can't really understand
>> what this variable does...
>
> There is no variable bbdb-wrap-column in BBDB v3.  So I cannot
> comment.

I found one in bbdb.el? "Wrap column for multi-line display.  If nil do
not wrap lines."

> Line wrapping in BBDB is unfortunately rudimentary.  Meaningful line
> breaks depend on the content of the field so that a one-size-fits-all
> approach won't work.

I have long notes field. In the bbdb popup for example, activating
visual-mode works but with the inconvenience that it deactivates every
time I display another email.