Emacs have largely switched to visual-line-mode as default, but what do I use if I am working in -nw mode? Visual-line-mode is not working, and longlines-mode is branded as obsolete.
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The problem has nothing to do with -nw
: it's that you're not using the same Emacs in the two cases. When using -nw
you're starting Emacs from the command line, most likely running MacOS's builtin /usr/bin/emacs
(which is a dinosaur) instead of running the Emacs you installed yourself.
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Thank you. So I understand that the "dinosaur" does indeed have no idea of visual-line-mode. No problem in general, it is that in some rare cases all what is available is the default version (in the case of re-installing the system of the fly due to some malfunction, for example). Nov 14, 2018 at 11:07
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I recommend you complain to Apple about it (or upgrade to something like Debian)– StefanNov 14, 2018 at 12:45
visual-line-mode
doesn't work in-nw
?