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On Fri, 01 Nov 2002 19:05:44 GMT, Cyprian Laskowski <swagbelly@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Try:
> 
> (make-variable-buffer-local 'fill-column)
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (setq fill-column 78)))
> 

Thank you very much. I wouldn't have figured that out.


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