Re: word-wrap (visual-line) and indents

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Speaking of word-wrapping, I thought now would be a good time to bring
> up the missing feature of per-line indentation when word wrapping.
> A recent conversation is quoted below, pointing out that word-wrap is
> less than ideal when it comes to displaying e-mail (and the like).
> A similar example would be org-mode, where you would begin a (buffer)
> line with "- " or "  - "  and where word-wrap would, ideally,
> recognize such indentations.  

The C code already has hooks that make such a thing possible:
Just place a `wrap-prefix' property on the long-line which specify what
prefix to use when wrapping the line.

So all we need is a new minor-mode that uses jit-lock-register and then
sets up this property using something like fill-context-prefix.


        Stefan