There are (in my mind) two types of word wrapping:
- Hard : Actually edit the file to have lines of a maximum length
- Soft : Just wrap in the editor, but the underlying file still has long lines.
I can't figure out how to make Emacs do these two different types of word wrapping (most people just talk about "word wrap", without distinguishing which they are talking about).
C-h r
to visit the Emacs manual. Theni wrap TAB RET
. That completeswrap
towrapping
and then visits the part of the manual (node Continuation Lines) that talks about this. In that node you also find a link to node Visual Line Mode, which talks about your "soft" wrapping. – Drew Sep 23 '16 at 16:20