From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:00:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20201126160013.GD28931@tuxteam.de> References: <87pn419aha.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pZs/OQEoSSbxGlYw" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11932"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: daniela-spit@gmx.it, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Christopher Dimech Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 17:02:49 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kiJjM-0002y5-Bn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:02:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51778 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiJjL-00027X-Dt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:02:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36090) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiJhM-0001NP-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:00:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:59076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiJh9-0005KO-US for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:00:43 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:Date; bh=BW7Udn8BsvrtjgcxcC8yimAJ3CMPU6Vz/EazWDhi2BU=; b=iOaHypw0laI0jLFr99nMW1M410yE9eoU9USO6nhoJN7FE2/cIi/JtGbwDxBnDN07s0hTpFkXKmz1XWYo8xFaNn3xc/UncUPadKZfyWB6RmoAPQ+0l9njRh5QdSceELpic+zuzWxo2GhRY7Z2XUoQ6Rt7a39KYOF7AM4KlgikHjSWkf/8gmgAwwOMF3YfOcCTd6zTFQ7fwu1Q5gste4OrGUVR6yOa7QNcFCVkYyIoa0/e5ZloSWMOceIkdB6rV1YLWnLuNSd01bILjgs/vyml70KGkVZjcv1CiPtz5rk5tQD5ExYvf8AYy6OqXIowWMtQku7MY+R3TFSfrMNfgMgzww==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1kiJgr-0008Bt-EB; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:00:13 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.199.139.25; envelope-from=tomas@tuxteam.de; helo=mail.tuxteam.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125567 Archived-At: --pZs/OQEoSSbxGlYw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 04:23:07PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > I am getting somewhat confused because I have also seen > people using set-fill-column and setq-default. >=20 > Is doing fill-column and set-fill-column the same thing? It should. Do C-h f set-fill-column to get the details (if everything else fails, read the instructions :) I think set-fill-column is a wrapper around (setq fill-column ) (which will set it buffer-local, see C-h v fill-column) to conveniently bind it, as an interactive functn to C-x f. The setq-default does something subtly different: it sets the variable's default value, so its effect won't be buffer-local but global (for all new buffers, which haven't a buffer local value set). So if you want /all/ your buffers to have your value 72 (unless stated otherwise specifically for your buffer), setq-default is your friend. If you are targeting a specific buffer, use set-fill-column, or do (setq fill-column ), as you prefer. Cheers - t --pZs/OQEoSSbxGlYw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAl+/0Q0ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kasAgCdH+mY3OGrpmrEWCUi9gHSs9Qt AIkAninW6xYp1NGMl8ofqh4QdWoS06R9 =wsRV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pZs/OQEoSSbxGlYw--