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"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.

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