Curiously Chase

How to REALLY enable word wrapping in Emacs

A quick tip on how to enable word wrap in Emacs.

I thought toggle-word-wrap would enable wrapping a line when it was at the edge of a buffer, but it turns out what I wanted was toggle-truncate-lines.

If you want to enable word-wrapping in Emacs, use M-x toggle truncate-lines.

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