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Would that Michael> have been less confusing? >>=20 >> "what=CA=BCs a binding?" (yes, I=CA=BCm playing devil=CA=BCs advocat= e). Michael> Isn't that common language, though? Which wording would that = advocate Michael> prefer instead? I just meant that someone starting out with Emacs is unlikely to understand what is meant by it (unless they=CA=BCre already versed in lisp). So 'value' is probably best, but if we change the text to say "look at the value of the variable auto-fill-function", we will then get "How do I do that?" :-) (and not everyone realises you can click on the variable name or press RET on it) Robert --=20