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Document what value of fill-column disables it

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44250: Document what value of fill-column disables it
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:41:00 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

>> These should mention what value of fill-column disables it.

LI> If you don't want something to be filled, then switch off auto-fill-mode
LI> or don't use `M-q'?  

OK, the fill-column docs should mention that.

LI> I don't see anything to fix here; closing.

However, for unfilling portions of a document, it is much quicker to do
M-x 9999 C-f . M-q

So that should be officially documented.

I'm not saying it should be 9998 or 9999. I'm saying that such a
technique deserves official mention, and should not be left to users to
have to get on IRC each time to ask.

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