Re: [StrongED] "wrapwidth" setting

[David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <539d1b8f85riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <8cc10b9d53.pittdj+@xxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pitt
> <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In message <539d045079riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Richard Ashbery
>>   <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> In article <c683379c53.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>, Fred Graute
>>> <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> In message <539c2ff993riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Richard Ashbery
>>>>           <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>>> In article <7F762728-A08B-4B96-AF84-A51F1A82DAF6@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>> David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17 Oct 2013, at 16:47, Richard Ashbery
>>>>>> <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>

> [snip a little]

>>>> Please excuse my pedantry here. Using StrongED$WrapWidth inside
>>>> a ModeFile is fine but you must put it in a comment line as
>>>> otherwise StrongED will try to parse it.

>>> Inserting StrongED$WrapWidth = 132 in an HTML file overrides the
>>> figure in Softwrap in Mode Choices (wrapwidth figure of 132
>>> appears in the Information bar). This confirms Martin's earlier
>>> posting. If I insert the command string into HTML's ModeFile
>>> (with a comment prefix character... #) and saved in
>>> StrED_cfg.UserPrefs it gets ignored. What am I doing incorrectly
>>> please?

>> No, the setting in HTML.Modefile is not ignored, it is only applied
>> when that file is viewed. I have just tried it here and the
>> default StrongMode WrapWidth of 256 is overidden.

> This seems to conflict with what Fred has posted earlier. The plot
> thickens!!!!

I don't see any conflict. We are both trying to say when a setting in 
a ModeFile has an effect, and when it doesn't. Perhaps I should have 
said such a setting is not totally ignored, it would not have any 
effect when looking at an HTML file but it does when the ModeFile 
itself is viewed.


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David Pitt
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