23.0.60; set-fill-column wants a number

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

When I position the text cursor somewhere on a line and type C-x f to  
set the fill column, an error is reported:

        set-fill-column: set-fill-column requires an explicit argument

The documentation tells:

        C-x f runs the command set-fill-column, which is an interactive
        compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
        
        It is bound to C-x f.
        
        (set-fill-column arg)
        
        Set `fill-column' to specified argument.
        Use C-u followed by a number to specify a column.
        Just C-u as argument means to use the current column.

This does not explain the error. The last seems to explain that C-u C- 
x f is necessary. What is then C-x f good for? I remember that I  
could change the value of fill-column according to its documentation  
(excerpt):

        Interactively, you can set the buffer local value using C-x f.

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

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