From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 57986@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57986: 29.0.50; Citation prefix lost when message-newline-and-reformat
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:32:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fsgi2gs2.fsf@melete.silentflame.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mtaq2hap.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:21:02 +0200")
Hello,
On Fri 23 Sep 2022 at 06:21PM +02, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> `M-RET' uses the text before point as the prefix, so if you `M-RET' at
> the end of the second line, you get
>
> ---
>> This is some.
>>
>
>
>
>>
>> This is more. This is more. This is more. This is more. This is
>> more. This is more. This is more.
> ---
>
> which is what we're aiming for. So I'm not sure whether this is a
> bug -- I think this is what it's meant to do. But perhaps it should be
> documented better?
Yeah, the docstring sounds like do-what-I-mean reformatting, not
something more specific that cares about exactly where point is in the
line. (I'd still advocate for changing it -- is there any use for this
command aside from splitting up quoted text like this?)
--
Sean Whitton
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-23 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-21 18:34 bug#57986: 29.0.50; Citation prefix lost when message-newline-and-reformat Sean Whitton
2022-09-23 16:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-23 16:32 ` Sean Whitton [this message]
2022-09-24 9:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-24 17:21 ` Sean Whitton
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