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Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Charles Jamieson wrote:
>  > I can't get emacs to automatically place c files into fill mode.  I have
>  > tried the following lines in .emacs:
>  >
>  >     (auto-fill-mode 1)
> 
> Auto Fill is a minor mode, so its local to every buffer.  But your
> ~/.emacs file is loaded in the *scratch* buffer.
> 
>  >     (auto-fill-mode t)
> 
> And, auto-fill-mode's ARG must be positive (i.e. a number) to turn it on.
> 
>  >     (add-hook 'C-mode-hook
>  >           '(lambda () (turn-on-auto-fill)))
> 
> Good: Looking at its source, which is available from a hyperlink in its
> doc string via `C-h f', (turn-on-auto-fill) is equivalent to
> (auto-fill-mode 1).
> 
> Bad: Lisp symbols are case-sensitive.  `C-h v' easily confirms that
> c-mode-hook is what you want:
> 
> (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> 
>  >     (add-hook 'C-mode-hook
>  >           '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode t))
>  >
>  >     (add-hook 'C-mode-common-hook
>  >           '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode t))
> 
> See above.
> 

This is exactly what I needed.

Thanks,
-charles