Re: Changing value for fill-column

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 14:17:08 +0200 (CEST)
> From: wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
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> 
> How can I change fill-column.  Have changed it in my init file using (setq 
> fill-column 65)
> but it not taking effect in major modes.

The doc string says:

  Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.

So you either need to set it in a mode-hook of each mode where you
want to change the default value, or you should use setq-default to
change the default value in all buffers.