From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Abishek K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: about buffer local variables Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:58:09 +0530 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <468b629904081509285e3e4519@mail.gmail.com> References: <468b6299040815085332e5b3f5@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Abishek K NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1092587341 12816 80.91.224.253 (15 Aug 2004 16:29:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 15 18:28:53 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BwNsL-0001Xs-00 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:28:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BwNwP-0001gA-A7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BwNwH-0001fe-3a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:32:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BwNwF-0001f7-FQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:32:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BwNwF-0001f4-DE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.170.194] (helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BwNrh-0003ku-Ap for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:28:13 -0400 Original-Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so54888rnk for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.38.82.65 with SMTP id f65mr391293rnb; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <468b6299040815085332e5b3f5@mail.gmail.com> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20120 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20120 hi, i found this construct and it is working (setq-default fill-column 120) sorry for disturbing bye abi On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:23:03 +0530, Abishek K wrote: > i tried to set the variable fill-column in my .emacs file using > (set-fill-column 120) > how ever there was no effect and the documentation says that > fill-column is buffer local. > and so, shows a global value of the default 70. > how do i change this? > i'd like to make fill-column globally 120. > bye > abi > > > -- > "The truth is out there" -Xfiles > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not > certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. > -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > -- "The truth is out there" -Xfiles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)