On 1/19/07, Eli Zaretskii gnu.org> wrote:

Hmm, I figured that there might be a rationale. However, if that is true,
then why are there global minor modes like global-font-lock-mode?

Could you perhaps be more specific in the description of what you

The purpose is allowing my window to be wider than eighty characters but
knowing where the eighty character limit is. Some of my coworkers write
code that is wider than eighty characters. However, I cannot stand wide
code and company policy is an 80 character max. So I'd like to be able to
easily read the long-lined code, but I'd also like to have a guard that will
prevent me from going over the line.

This applies to several programming languages, text files, configuration
files, and even non-files (I have a personal aversion to >80 chars in all
files I edit). Since my only use for emacs is to edit these kinds of files,
I'd like to have a guard at the end so that I can know when I'm over the
line.

auto-fill-mode will not work because I don't want to have to do a code
review for all those lines in every file I change. Also, it sometimes
inserts newlines in places I would not want it to. For instance, if I'm
coming to the end of the line and I'm writing the expression (x + y),
auto-fill-mode may insert the newline before or after the plus. In either
case, by the time I have realized this has happened, I have to add my own
newline before the open parenthesis and delete the auto-fill-added newline.
It would be easier if it stayed on one line and there was a guard. I can
accomplish this behavior by setting my window width, but, as I mentioned,
that is an unsuitable solution for me.

Maybe this will help you understand my problem.

Yours,
James Aguilar
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On 1/19/07, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
Actually, I'm not surprised at all that this functionality is missing . . .Hmm, I figured that there might be a rationale.  However, if that is true, then why are there global minor modes like global-font-lock-mode?
Could you perhaps be more specific in the description of what youwant?  Specifically, what files do you visit in the buffers that you
must have in column marker mode?  Do these files have some specialextension, or turn on some specific major or minor modes, or havesomething else in common?The purpose is allowing my window to be wider than eighty characters but knowing where the eighty character limit is.  Some of my coworkers write code that is wider than eighty characters.  However, I cannot stand wide code and company policy is an 80 character max.  So I'd like to be able to easily read the long-lined code, but I'd also like to have a guard that will prevent me from going over the line.
This applies to several programming languages, text files, configuration files, and even non-files (I have a personal aversion to >80 chars in all files I edit).  Since my only use for emacs is to edit these kinds of files, I'd like to have a guard at the end so that I can know when I'm over the line.
auto-fill-mode will not work because I don't want to have to do a code review for all those lines in every file I change.  Also, it sometimes inserts newlines in places I would not want it to.  For instance, if I'm coming to the end of the line and I'm writing the expression (x + y), auto-fill-mode may insert the newline before or after the plus.  In either case, by the time I have realized this has happened, I have to add my own newline before the open parenthesis and delete the auto-fill-added newline.  It would be easier if it stayed on one line and there was a guard.  I can accomplish this behavior by setting my window width, but, as I mentioned, that is an unsuitable solution for me.
Maybe this will help you understand my problem.Yours,James Aguilar-- [?] James Aguilar[@] 333 Rengstorff Ave #23, Mountain View, CA, 94043[#] 314 494 0450[!] Lately things just dont seem the same