Re: mode-specific paragraph-start

[tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:00:22PM +0100, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 11.12.2007 um 17:31 schrieb Tyler Smith:
>> How do I set this variable so that it doesn't continuously grow?

> (if (not (exists your_new_variable))
>     (setq your_new_variable to_your_desired_value)
>     (setq paragraph-separate 'your_new_variable)
>     (setq paragraph-start 'your_new_variable)
> )
>

Thanks. That didn't quite work, as exists is not a recognized function
for me. Also, I noticed that paragraph-start is global for mail-mode,
so any changes were 'permanent'. So this is what I have, which seems
to work so far:

(defun my-mail-mode-hook ()
  (auto-fill-mode 1)
  (abbrev-mode 1)
  (fortune-to-signature)
  (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
  (if (not (boundp 'my_mail_paragraph))
      (setq my_mail_paragraph (concat paragraph-separate "\\|.* wrote:$")))
  (setq paragraph-separate my_mail_paragraph)
  (setq paragraph-start my_mail_paragraph)
  (set-fill-column 70))
(add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'my-mail-mode-hook)

Any further suggestions welcome!

Cheers,

Tyler


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