GNU bug report logs - #46193
Enabling Auto Fill mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jai-bholeki <at> gmx.com

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 46193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jai-bholeki <at> gmx.com
Subject: bug#46193: Enabling Auto Fill mode
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:19:22 +0100

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Am Sa., 30. Jan. 2021 um 17:14 Uhr schrieb <jai-bholeki <at> gmx.com>:
>>
>> In the documentation for (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG), it says that
>> if called from Lisp, enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
>>
>> Enabling a mode using nil seems counter-intuitive to me.
>
> Maybe, but it's the universal convention for minor modes. See "Minor
> mode conventions" in the ELisp manual.

Indeed, so I'm closing this bug report.

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