Re: bug#1122: say how to turn OFF auto-fill with local variables

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:19:56 +0800 jidanni@jidanni.org wrote: 

j> In (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables")
j>       For example, you may be tempted to try to turn on Auto Fill mode with
j>    a local variable list.  That is a mistake.  The choice of Auto Fill mode
j>    or not is a matter of individual taste, not a matter of the contents of
j>    particular files.  If you want to use Auto Fill, set up major mode hooks
j>    with your `.emacs' file to turn it on (when appropriate) for you alone
j>    (*note Init File::).  Don't use a local variable list to impose your
j>    taste on everyone.
j> OK, but say how to (turn it on and OFF, supposing we have it on by
j> default) anyway with local variables, just in case.

Tt would be nice to have something similar to Customize, but which
targets local variables and edits them accordingly.  Then the
instructions above could be "run M-x customize-local-variable auto-fill-mode".


Ted