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28.2; auto-fill-mode gets turned on all over the place

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Message #56 received at 64439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: dhowells <at> redhat.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de,
 npostavs <at> gmail.com, 64439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64439: 28.2; auto-fill-mode gets turned on all over the place
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:44:07 -0400

> For anyone who's interested, here's what I did to work around the bug in
> Emacs 29 and earlier:
>
> --------------------
>
> (use-package text-mode
>   :preface
>   (defun user/turn-on-auto-fill (&optional recursive)
>     "Turn on `auto-fill-mode', but fix things if it got set globally.
> See <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64439>."
>     (turn-on-auto-fill)
>     (when (default-value 'auto-fill-function)
>       (message "`auto-fill-function' got set globally; fixing it...")
>       (setq-default auto-fill-function nil)
>       (when recursive
>         (error (concat "Recursively setting the default value of "
>                        "`auto-fill-function'!")))
>       (run-with-timer 0 nil
>                       (lambda (buf)
>                         (with-current-buffer buf
>                           (user/turn-on-auto-fill)))
>                       (current-buffer))))

I suspect (i.e. don't take my word for it) a simpler workaround is to
(make-local-variable 'auto-fill-function) just before calling
`turn-on-auto-fill`.


        Stefan

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