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Trey Jackson <tjackson@ichips.intel.com> writes:

> All,
>
> I'm having a dickens of a time tracking down where the variable
> 'fill-prefix is being set.  Here's what's happening:
>
> After staring up emacs, I make sure the default value for 'fill-prefix
> is nil.  I go about my business, editing scripts, C++ code, and using
> Gnus for mail/news.  At some point, I'll start composing a
> follow-up/reply to someone's message, and the default value of
> 'fill-prefix will be set to " >".
>
> I cannot figure out where this is happening.

flow-fill.el?  It does use a temporary binding, but there might be bad
magic inside some function it later calls.