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Re: Why didn't setq work here?
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Tassilo Horn |
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Re: Why didn't setq work here? |
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Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:26:11 +0100 |
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Eric Lilja <mindcooler@gmail.com> writes:
> I have one final question though. fill-column does seem to be a
> variable.
It is.
> It can be described using C-h v and set using M-x
> set-variable. However, if I replace (set-fill-column 76) with (setq
> fill-column 76) the variable value is never changed (and no byte
> compiler warning btw).
I presume, your observation is false. In fact, `set-fill-column' does
nothing except reading its argument and then doing (setq fill-column
arg) itself.
Bye,
Tassilo