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3.17.1 Fill commands

Fill Paragraph

Editor Command

Arguments: None
Key sequence: Meta+Q

Fills the current paragraph. If the current point is located between two paragraphs, the next paragraph is filled.

A prefix argument causes the current fill operation to use that value, rather than the value of Fill-Column.

Fill Region

Editor Command

Arguments: None
Key sequence: Meta+G

Fills the region from the current point to the mark.

A prefix argument causes the current fill operation to use that value, rather than the value of Fill-Column.

Fill-Column

Editor Variable

Default value: 79

Determines the column at which text in the current buffer is forced on to a new line.

Set Fill Column

Editor Command

Arguments: None
Key sequence: Ctrl+X F

Sets the value of Fill-Column, for the current buffer, as the column of the current point.

A prefix argument causes Fill-Column to be set at the required value.

Fill-Prefix

Editor Variable

Default value: nil

Defines a string which is excluded when each line of the current buffer is re-formatted using the filling commands. For example, if the Fill-Prefix is set to ;; , then these characters at the start of a line is skipped over when the text is re-formatted, so it is possible to re-format Lisp comments. If the Fill-Prefix is nil , no characters are excluded when text is filled.

If a Fill-Prefix is defined, any line that does not begin with the Fill-Prefix is considered to begin a new paragraph. Therefore, any re-formatting of comments in Lisp code does not intrude outside the commented lines.

Set Fill Prefix

Editor Command

Arguments: None
Key sequence: Ctrl+X .

Sets the Fill-Prefix of the current buffer to be the text from the beginning of the current line up to the current point. The Fill-Prefix may be set to nil by using this command with the current point at the start of a line.

Center Line

Editor Command

Arguments: None
Key sequence: None

Centers the current line with reference to the current value of Fill-Column .

A prefix argument causes the current line to be centered with reference to the required width.


LispWorks Editor User Guide (Unix version) - 14 Mar 2008

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