Emacs: Visual Line Mode

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:

• Makes lines wrap at word boundaries. (controlled by var truncate-lines and word-wrap.)
• Makes up/down arrow keys move by a visual line. (controlled by the var line-move-visual.)
• Makes the kill-line command delete by a visual line, as opposed to a logical line.
• Turns off the display of little return arrow at the edge of window. (controlled by the var fringe-indicator-alist.)

Toggle Word Wrap

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

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