On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 16:03 -0400, Noah Misch wrote:
> > ((c-mode . ((c-basic-offset . 4)
> > (fill-column . 79)
>
> I don't know whether you'd consider it to fall within the scope of this
> update, but 78 is the fill-column setting that matches pgindent.
Well, well, well. I did some extensive tests some time ago when that
setting was added. I have a suspicion that this could be related to the
recent pgindent changes (which everyone claims were no changes). I'm
going to have to research that some more.
> > (sgml-mode . ((fill-column . 79)
> > (indent-tabs-mode . nil))))
>
> SGML fill-column practice has varied widely. I estimate 72 is more the norm,
> though I personally favor longer lines like we use in source code comments.
I have no strong feelings about this.