How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[Adam Sjøgren]

I would like to have auto-fill-mode turned off for all groups in a
specific topic in Gnus.

I tried adding this to my Topic Parameters:

  (message-fill-column nil)

after reading the documentation:

,----[ C-h v message-fill-column RET ]
| message-fill-column is a variable defined in ‘message.el’.
| 
| Its value is 72
| 
| Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen.
| Local value for message buffers.  If non-nil, also turn on
| auto-fill in message buffers.
`----

I then read this in the (variable form) part of the manual on Group
Parameters:

,----[ https://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_21.html ]
| But some variables are evaluated in the article buffer, or in the
| message buffer (of a reply or followup or otherwise newly created
| message). As a workaround, it might help to add the variable in
| question to gnus-newsgroup-variables.
`----

and added this to my .gnus:

  (add-to-list 'gnus-newsgroup-variables 'message-fill-column)

However auto-fill-mode is still on when I compose a new article in a
group in the topic.

Is The Right Way™ to add a function to a hook instead?

I just really like configuring behavior using the Topic/Group
Parameters...


  :-),

   Adam

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[Adam Sjøgren]

Adam writes:

> Is The Right Way™ to add a function to a hook instead?
>
> I just really like configuring behavior using the Topic/Group
> Parameters...

I have solved it like this now:

  (add-hook 'message-mode-hook (lambda ()
                                 (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name "")))
                                   (when (string-match-p "illuminant:fediverse" group)
                                     (auto-fill-mode -1)))))

inspired by "3.7 Various Message Variables" in the manual,
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/message/Various-Message-Variables.html

But I'd still prefer to use Topic Parameters.


  Best regards,

    Adam

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[yeti]

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> I would like to have auto-fill-mode turned off for all groups in a
> specific topic in Gnus.

Doesn't that sound like a job for gnus-posting-styles?

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[Adam Sjøgren]

yeti writes:

> Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:
>
>> I would like to have auto-fill-mode turned off for all groups in a
>> specific topic in Gnus.
>
> Doesn't that sound like a job for gnus-posting-styles?

Sounds intriguing - do you have an example of how?


  Best regards,

   Adam

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[yeti]

I don't use topics/groups but

https://gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html#Group-Parameters

mentions that groups can have a posting-style parameter, so disabling
the fill mode maybe can done like

| (posting-style
|  (eval ...change-the-fill-mode-here... 
|   )
| )

Shouldn't that apply to the whole group then?

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[Adam Sjøgren]

yeti writes:

> disabling the fill mode maybe can done like
>
> | (posting-style
> |  (eval ...change-the-fill-mode-here... 
> |   )
> | )
>
> Shouldn't that apply to the whole group then?

You're right, adding this to the Topic Parameters:

   (posting-style
    (eval
     (auto-fill-mode -1)))

works.

Thanks for the tip!


  Best regards,

    Adam

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Re: How to turn off auto-fill-mode from Topic Parameters?

[yeti]

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> works.

\o/

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