From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: fill-paragraph vs. financial institutions Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:40:56 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157388104 453 80.91.229.2 (4 Sep 2006 16:41:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:41:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 04 18:41:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GKHVv-0003R2-0Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:41:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GKHVu-0001Bx-3q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GKHVe-00016q-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GKHVc-00013C-Qm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GKHVc-00012i-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1GKHgA-0001x8-RG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:52:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.52]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k84GfE4K020970 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:41:14 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-252.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.72.252]) by rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k84GfD2M020867 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:41:13 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:59320 Archived-At: Now you've really done it. M-x fill-paragraph on 487.2875, 487.3375, 487.4000, ... gives 487.2875, 3375, 4000, 4500, 4750, 5250, 5500, 6000, 7250, 8000, 8500, 487.8750, adaptive-fill-regexp has an explicit alternative to match prefixes such as `NNN.' This would only apply in the case where the first two lines of a paragraph both start that way. Maybe we should delete that case. Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I just got bit by this. Yes, please get rid of this feature. The traditional behavior is fine: fill and indent properly when only the first line starts that way. IOW, this: 1. Some text here in a long line that gets filled. should not turn into this: 1. Some text here in a long 1. line that gets filled. It should instead turn into this: 1. Some text here in a long line that gets filled. Is that really a case that people use? In some kinds of outlines, the first line of a paragraph would start that way, but you wouldn't put the prefix on every line. Can anyone think of a reason why we should keep this case? Not I. I propose therefore the following change. Does anyone see a problem in it? If that puts things back the way they were in previous versions, then that's good.