In article <847kcyamju.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai
Großjohann wrote:

> "Peter Wu" <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> When I do this, I am prompted:
>>
>> set-fill-column requires an explicit argument
>>
>> I don't know how to specify one for it. Please help! :(
>
> C-u 42 C-x f sets it to 42.
>
> (setq default-fill-column 42) in ~/.emacs sets the default.

Cool! Thank you, Kai and Thomas! :-)

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Cheers, Peter