In your .emacs place (setq-default fill-column 80) Or you can just use M-x customize-variable on fill-column, and it will set it and save it for you using the standard customize interface.
In your .emacs place (setq-default fill-column 80) Or you can just use M-x customize-variable on fill-column, and it will set it and save it for you using the standard customize interface.