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Re: (auto-fill-mode 1) in .emacs not adequate to stay in Auto Fill Mode?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: (auto-fill-mode 1) in .emacs not adequate to stay in Auto Fill Mode? |
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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:37:22 -0500 |
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<248d7195-1f72-4151-8d90-946fe2a9c4f0@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
"seberino@spawar.navy.mil" <seberino@spawar.navy.mil> wrote:
> I tested a ONE LINE .emacs containing this:
>
> (auto-fill-mode 1)
>
> When I opened Emacs with no file and /or a *.log file, it was NOT in
> Auto Fill Mode?
>
> Why is that?
>
> Chris
That command just sets auto-fill mode in the current buffer, which is
the *scratch* buffer at the time the .emacs is being executed. It
doesn't affect other buffers.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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