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From: George_Nassas@tvo.org
To: ScottS@ITINET.com
Cc: ntemacs-users@cs.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Line wrapping for long lines
Date: 11 Feb 1997 17:48:43 GMT

Scott Schaumann,ScottS@ITINET.com writes:

> I can't seem to remember how to force a buffer _not_ to wrap long lines.

(setq truncate-lines t)	; to turn off wrap
(setq truncate-lines nil) ; to turn it back on

On NT emacs, unlike other platforms, you have to request a screen redraw
(Control-L) to make it take effect.

- George

