The first time you launch emacs, it takes you through a tutorial that shows you how to put emacs in text editing mode where lines are wrapped, as opposed to a programmer's "don't wrap lines" mode. Read the emacs docs. Go on line and find an emacs tutorial. Lutz Kaiser writes: > Hi Jim and list, > > thanks for your mail. > Firstly i wish you good success installing Gnopernicus. and i will try > installing this java-access Bridge too. > > But i just serched for an application to write simple letters and other > textdocuments. Anything like wordpad. > Someone suggested emacs, but still i coudln't get it to work with wrapping > words. > > > No he was referring to the following line! > >> On my system, Gnopernicus does not say anything >> useful in > >> Applications like Abiword or open-office. I could n't >> find out why. > > The reason why is that you need the sun micro > > system java access bridge in order to use java > > programs > > regards > Lutz > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.