John Hendy <jw.he...@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 _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
