Fantastic. Many thanks, John
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to set my fill-column variable to a bit higher value since I > have no real need to keep it at 70, however my attempts seem not to be > working. > > > > The relevant section in .emacs looks like this: > > ,----- > > | (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) > > `----- > > > > I then added this line: > > ,----- > > | (setq fill-column 85) > > `----- > > > > I've tried using it before and after the text-mode-hook setting above, > but when I restart emacs and do =C-x f= to set the fill-column variable to > 85, the minibuffer reports: > > ,----- > > | Fill column set to 85 (was 70) > > `----- > > > > Something isn't getting set. I guess this isn't necessarily an org-mode > issue, but I thought someone might know why it's happening here? I can't > find much discussion when searching for org-mode users also using fill and > if they set the fill-column value or not. > > > > It becomes buffer-local when set in any way. Try > > (setq-default fill-column 85) > > in your .emacs. > > Nick > >
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