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Re: master 72b1379f079: Increase `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column` to 7


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: master 72b1379f079: Increase `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column` to 72
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:17:59 +0200

> From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:57:20 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> It will have an 8 char or +12.5% effect on the doc strings.
> >
> > No, it won't, because we fill our doc strings mostly "by
> > hand", disregarding the fill-column setting.
> 
> Okay, a misunderstanding here.
> 
> Because it doesn't matter how the editing happens or how the
> doc string is produced, a maximum of 72 allowed chars compares
> to 64 as described.

That's a misunderstanding again: this is not about disallowing
doc-string lines longer than 72 character.  The variable only affects
what happens when you M-q in the doc string or turn on auto-fill-mode.



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