Question

I want to enable line-wrapping without having to type ‘M-x auto-fill-mode’ everytime I start emacs. I’ve tried putting (setq auto-fill-mode 1) and (auto-fill-mode 1) in the .emacs file, but neither work. Why is this, and how do I fix it?

Thanks

Answer 1

It is a minor-mode so you need to enable it for the modes where you want it used. So, for example, if you want auto-fill-mode enabled in text mode, you need to add the following to your .emacs file:

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook '(lambda ()
                             (auto-fill-mode 1)))