Emacs: Visual Line Mode

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .
emacs visual-line-mode 2021-05-01
emacs visual-line-mode 2021-05-01
Alt+x visual-line-mode
Turn on/off line wrap for current buffer. By default, this is off. To set it on or off permanently, put in your emacs init file:
(global-visual-line-mode 1)
Alt+x global-visual-line-mode
Toggle globally

Visual line mode actually does several things. From a user's point of view, it:

Toggle Word Wrap

If all you want is to have soft wrap that doesn't cut words in middle, see Emacs: Toggle Word Wrap

Line Wrap


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