On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:52:49PM +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> After opening the file from the command line as you'd expect:
>> $ emacs file.text
>> Move the cursor to any point on the long line (you can use the arrow keys),
> and hit M-q. To save the file, hit C-x and then C-s. To exit hit C-x then
> C-c.
>> ("M-q" means hold down Meta (or Alt) and press "q", and "C-x" is hold down
> Ctrl and hit "x")
>> That will actually wrap the lines at the 70th character, so before hitting
> M-q, you'll want to:
>> M-8 M-0 C-x f
>> (which passes 80 as a numeric argument to set-fill-column)
And people say that vi obscure !
(Now ... where did I leave the asbestos ?)
P
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