[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6611: closed ((auto-fill-mode t) behavior not same as documented)

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> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:33:40 -0700
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> according to the doc of auto-fill-mode, it should turn the mode on 
> always if and only if the arg is positive. Quote:
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> (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG)
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> Toggle Auto Fill mode.
> With ARG, turn Auto Fill mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
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> however, (auto-fill-mode t) seems to always turn it on. (does not toggle)
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> GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6002) of 2010-05-08 on G41R2F1
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> behavior can be reproduced with starting emacs -Q.
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> Xah
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
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> Re: bug#6611: (auto-fill-mode t) behavior not same as documented
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> > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:33:40 -0700
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> > according to the doc of auto-fill-mode, it should turn the mode on 
> > always if and only if the arg is positive. Quote:
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> > (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG)
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> > Toggle Auto Fill mode.
> > With ARG, turn Auto Fill mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
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> > however, (auto-fill-mode t) seems to always turn it on. (does not toggle)
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> It toggles WITHOUT an argument.  That's why the second line says "With
> ARG...", meaning that the previous line was about calling without ARG.
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> (As always in Lisp, an absent argument and an argument that is nil
> have the same effect.)
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> I'm closing this report.
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