You are editing a file in emacs. A friend is looking over your shoulder and sugg

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You are editing a file in emacs. A friend is looking over your shoulder and suggests that your job would be simpler if you ran the command "auto-fill-mode".

You decide to give it a try, so the first thing you type is?

Hold down the Ctrl key and type 'h', then release the ctrl key ant type 'f'

Escape, then 'x'

Hold down the Ctrl key and type 'x'

Type "auto", then the Tab key

Hold down the Ctrl key and type 'h', then release the ctrl key ant type 'f'

Escape, then 'x'

Hold down the Ctrl key and type 'x'

Type "auto", then the Tab key

Explanation / Answer

the answer is escape and then 'x'.

The mode command M-x auto-fill-mode toggles Auto Fill mode in the current buffer. With a positive numeric argument, it enables Auto Fill mode, and with a negative argument it disables it. If auto-fill-mode is called from Lisp with an omitted or nil argument, it enables Auto Fill mode. To enable Auto Fill mode automatically in certain major modes, add auto-fill-mode to the mode hooks . When Auto Fill mode is enabled, the mode indicator ‘Fill’ appears in the mode line .

M-x auto-fill-mode

Enable or disable Auto Fill mode: This is used to enable and disable the mode.

SPC

RET

Auto Fill mode breaks lines automatically at spaces whenever they get longer than the desired width. This line breaking occurs only when you type SPC or RET. If you wish to insert a space or newline without permitting line-breaking, type C-q SPC or C-q C-j respectively. Also, C-o inserts a newline without line breaking.

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