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From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: 132 characters/line in emacs?
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Date: 20 Oct 88 18:18:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: dkw@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu's message of 20 Oct 88 17:59:21 GMT

dkw@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (David Keith Wall) writes:
   I need to edit some files that contain more than eighty characters
   per line, but even if I switch the terminal to 132 char/line mode,
   emacs still gives me only 80 char/line, with the right-hand side
   of the screen left blank. I have examined the manual pages for
   emacs and they say nothing about screen width. Does anyone know of
   a way to force emacs to display 132 characters/line?

The terminal width used by emacs is dependent on the termcap
description for your terminal.  Check /etc/termcap to see if there is
a description for your terminal (probably with a name like vt100-w,
for `wide') which shows co#132 in it, for 132 columns.  Change your
terminal type to that name and start a fresh emacs.

--Karl
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