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Re: (auto-fill-mode 1) in .emacs not adequate to stay in Auto Fill Mode?


From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: (auto-fill-mode 1) in .emacs not adequate to stay in Auto Fill Mode?
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:37:22 -0500
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In article 
<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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