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Is it possible to wrap text automatically at 80 column length? I mean, writing code or text and then, when I reach 80 characters, put a breakline and continue on the next line (not wrapping the word but putting on the next line).

Thank you!

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You can customize fill-column or do (setq-default fill-column 80) in your init file and use auto-fill-mode.

You can activate it per mode by using (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) or with key binding: (global-set-key (kbd "C-c q") 'auto-fill-mode). See emacswiki for more.

theldoria
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  • I did it, but it doesn't work :( –  Jul 24 '16 at 11:21
  • Did you also try auto-fill-mode? – theldoria Jul 24 '16 at 11:23
  • Yes, and it only add spaces when the 80 characters are reached... –  Jul 24 '16 at 11:58
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    OP: Try starting from emacs -Q (no init file). If you still see a problem then provide a step-by-step recipe to reproduce it, saying what you see at each step and what you expected to see. If you do not see a problem, with emacs -Q, then recursively bisect your init file to find where you are introducing the problem. – Drew Jul 24 '16 at 15:47
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I know you asked for "automatically" (and 5 years ago...) but...

I do it manually with the command fill-paragraph (M-Q). Having (setq fill-column 80) in the init file. It even understands some text structure, e.g. that the text is a comment. Which could be good or bad, depending on your needs.

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