Org-mode and fill-column value

Org-mode and fill-column value

[John Hendy]

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Hi,


I would like to set my fill-column variable to a bit higher value since I
have no real need to keep it at 70, however my attempts seem not to be
working.

The relevant section in .emacs looks like this:
,-----
| (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
`-----

I then added this line:
,-----
| (setq fill-column 85)
`-----

I've tried using it before and after the text-mode-hook setting above, but
when I restart emacs and do =C-x f= to set the fill-column variable to 85,
the minibuffer reports:
,-----
| Fill column set to 85 (was 70)
`-----

Something isn't getting set. I guess this isn't necessarily an org-mode
issue, but I thought someone might know why it's happening here? I can't
find much discussion when searching for org-mode users also using fill and
if they set the fill-column value or not.


Thanks,
John

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Re: Org-mode and fill-column value

[Nick Dokos]

John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to set my fill-column variable to a bit higher value since I have no real need to keep it at 70, however my attempts seem not to be working.
> 
> The relevant section in .emacs looks like this:
> ,-----
> | (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> `-----
> 
> I then added this line:
> ,-----
> | (setq fill-column 85)
> `-----
> 
> I've tried using it before and after the text-mode-hook setting above, but when I restart emacs and do =C-x f= to set the fill-column variable to 85, the minibuffer reports:
> ,-----
> | Fill column set to 85 (was 70)
> `-----
> 
> Something isn't getting set. I guess this isn't necessarily an org-mode issue, but I thought someone might know why it's happening here? I can't find much discussion when searching for org-mode users also using fill and if they set the fill-column value or not.
> 

It becomes buffer-local when set in any way. Try

(setq-default fill-column 85)

in your .emacs.

Nick

Re: Org-mode and fill-column value

[John Hendy]

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Fantastic.

Many thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to set my fill-column variable to a bit higher value since I
> have no real need to keep it at 70, however my attempts seem not to be
> working.
> >
> > The relevant section in .emacs looks like this:
> > ,-----
> > | (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> > `-----
> >
> > I then added this line:
> > ,-----
> > | (setq fill-column 85)
> > `-----
> >
> > I've tried using it before and after the text-mode-hook setting above,
> but when I restart emacs and do =C-x f= to set the fill-column variable to
> 85, the minibuffer reports:
> > ,-----
> > | Fill column set to 85 (was 70)
> > `-----
> >
> > Something isn't getting set. I guess this isn't necessarily an org-mode
> issue, but I thought someone might know why it's happening here? I can't
> find much discussion when searching for org-mode users also using fill and
> if they set the fill-column value or not.
> >
>
> It becomes buffer-local when set in any way. Try
>
> (setq-default fill-column 85)
>
> in your .emacs.
>
> Nick
>
>

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