Variable: default-justification

default-justification is a customizable and buffer-local variable defined in fill.el.gz.

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Method of justifying text not otherwise specified.

Possible values are left, right, full, center, or none. The values left and right mean lines are lined up at, respectively, left or right margin, and ragged at the other margin. full means lines are lined up at both margins. center means each line is centered. none means no justification or centering. The requested kind of justification is done whenever lines are filled. The justification text-property can locally override this variable.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/fill.el.gz
(defcustom default-justification 'left
  "Method of justifying text not otherwise specified.
Possible values are `left', `right', `full', `center', or `none'.
The values `left' and `right' mean lines are lined up at,
respectively, left or right margin, and ragged at the other margin.
`full' means lines are lined up at both margins.  `center' means each
line is centered.  `none' means no justification or centering.
The requested kind of justification is done whenever lines are filled.
The `justification' text-property can locally override this variable."
  :type '(choice (const left)
		 (const right)
		 (const full)
		 (const center)
                 (const none))
  :local t
  :safe 'symbolp)