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How to enable `fill-column-indicator` on startup

I am using Aquamacs on OS X 10.9.4. I have the following lines in my Preferences.el file (which is similar to the .emacs init file):

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")

(require 'fill-column-indicator)

(setq-default fci-mode t)

I use M-x fci-mode to manually toggle the column indicator.

How can fci-mode be enabled on startup using Aquamacs?

Solution

  • You should remove (setq-default fci-mode t).

    fci-mode is not global, so you could use a mode hook. If, for example, your opening document on startup is emacs-lisp-mode, you could place something like this inside your Preferences.el file.

    (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook (lambda ()
    (fci-mode 1)
  ))

    You will need to use a mode hook for each major mode; or, you will need to modify fci-mode by adding a global setting.

    For anyone who is interested in looking at the source-code, here is the link to the Github repository: https://github.com/alpaker/Fill-Column-Indicator