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23.0.60; set-fill-column wants a number

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; set-fill-column wants a number
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:33:25 +0100

Hello!

When I position the text cursor somewhere on a line and type C-x f to  
set the fill column, an error is reported:

	set-fill-column: set-fill-column requires an explicit argument

The documentation tells:

	C-x f runs the command set-fill-column, which is an interactive
	compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
	
	It is bound to C-x f.
	
	(set-fill-column arg)
	
	Set `fill-column' to specified argument.
	Use C-u followed by a number to specify a column.
	Just C-u as argument means to use the current column.

This does not explain the error. The last seems to explain that C-u C- 
x f is necessary. What is then C-x f good for? I remember that I  
could change the value of fill-column according to its documentation  
(excerpt):

	Interactively, you can set the buffer local value using C-x f.

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
scroll bars)
 of 2008-03-02 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
11.0.40400000
configured using `configure  '--without-pop' '--without-sound' '-- 
with-xft' '--with-libotf' '--with-dbus' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' '-- 
enable-font-backend' '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application  
Support/Emacs/calendar23:/Library/Application Support/Emacs/caml:/ 
Library/Application Support/Emacs:/sw/share/emacs21/site-lisp/elib'  
'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/sw/lib/freetype219/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/ 
fontconfig2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/system-openssl/ 
lib/pkgconfig:/sw/share/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/ 
pkgconfig:/usr/local/clamXav/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig'  
'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp -D__BIND_NOSTATIC -I/sw/lib/fontconfig2/ 
include -I/sw/lib/freetype219/include -I/sw/lib/freetype219/include/ 
freetype2 -idirafter /usr/X11R6/include' 'CFLAGS=-ggdb -gfull - 
bind_at_load -Wno-pointer-sign -pipe -fPIC -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 - 
mno-powerpc64 -O0' 'LDFLAGS=-bind_at_load -dead_strip - 
multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib/fontconfig2/lib -L/sw/lib/ 
freetype219/lib''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t


--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

Ein Faulpelz ist ein Mensch, der sich nicht die Arbeit macht, sein  
Nichtstun zu begründen.	(Gabriel Laub)

Message #10 received at 34-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 34-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: set-fill-column wants a number
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:23:32 -0400

I just changed the default behavior of C-x f so it prompts for a line
number rather than signalling an error.


        Stefan

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