Don't require easymenu. Use repeat counts in various regexps. (fortran-mode-syntax-table): Defvar directly. (fortran-font-lock-keywords-1, fortran-font-lock-keywords-2) (fortran-font-lock-keywords-3, fortran-font-lock-syntactic-keywords): Use defvar, not defconst. (fortran-mode-map): Change locals in `let'. Use `fortran-auto-fill'. (fortran-mode): Set fortran-comment-line-start-skip, fortran-comment-line-start-skip, dabbrev-case-fold-search. (fortran-comment-indent): Use defsubst. (fortran-indent-comment, fortran-indent-to-column, fortran-break-line): Use fortran-comment-indent, not fortran-comment-indent-function. (fortran-comment-region, fortran-electric-line-number): Simplify. (fortran-auto-fill): New function. (fortran-do-auto-fill): Deleted. (fortran-find-comment-start-skip): Check for non-null comment-start-skip. (fortran-auto-fill-mode, fortran-fill-statement): Use fortran-auto-fill. (fortran-fill): Use fortran-auto-fill. Check for null comment-start-skip. Simplify final clause and use end-of-line finally.