Re: Trying to find the status of auto-fill-mode in a buffer

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:05:41 +0100, Michael Heerdegen via Users list for 
>>>>> the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> said:

    Michael> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    Michael> Maybe "look at the binding of VAR" or something like
    Michael> that.  Would that
    Michael> have been less confusing?
    >> 
    >> "whatʼs a binding?" (yes, Iʼm playing devilʼs advocate).

    Michael> Isn't that common language, though?  Which wording would that 
advocate
    Michael> prefer instead?

I just meant that someone starting out with Emacs is unlikely to
understand what is meant by it (unless theyʼre already versed in
lisp). So 'value' is probably best, but if we change the text to say
"look at the value of the variable auto-fill-function", we will then
get "How do I do that?" :-) (and not everyone realises you can click
on the variable name or press RET on it)

Robert
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