Re: [TCLUG:19757] Editors, keybindings, color, etc. (was: Emacs HTMLmode)

["John R. Sheets" <dusk@ravendusk.org>]

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On Jul 22, 2000, Luke Francl <fran0382@tc.umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I also (need)/(really, really want) to have colorized text.  I know this
> > is a feature on many editors, but it's never easy to find.  
> 
> Does anyone know how to turn this on in plain Emacs? I know it's possible,
> but I don't know how!

Sure, put this in your .emacs:

  (global-font-lock-mode t)

> vi never wraps lines, which is annoying for writing long things (which is
> why I'm writing in Emacs right now).

Try ':set textwidth=72' or something similar.  That turns on
autowrapping.

> Though I am not getting tab support in HTML mode like
> in C mode. Does this feature exist, or is all Emacs-HTML unindented?

Are you using PSGML mode, or just plain Emacs?  PSGML supports C-mode
style tabbing.

John

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