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From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode and fill-column value
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:37:53 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimnscAFd8YMRkww+eussvabFe52LCs-EdSZajQA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4606.1298671632@alphaville.usa.hp.com>


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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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      reply	other threads:[~2011-02-25 22:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-25 22:03 Org-mode and fill-column value John Hendy
2011-02-25 22:07 ` Nick Dokos
2011-02-25 22:37   ` John Hendy [this message]

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