From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using autofill./ Date: 05 Oct 2005 17:56:09 +0300 Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source Message-ID: <8664scau7q.fsf@flame.pc> References: <86hdbx427w.fsf@flame.pc> <868xx86prr.fsf@flame.pc> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1128524653 29218 80.91.229.2 (5 Oct 2005 15:04:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:04:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 05 17:04:08 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ENAkw-0008B2-GI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:00:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ENAkw-0007Je-38 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:00:30 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!193.201.147.66.MISMATCH!news-out2.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!news.banetele.no!dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 44 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.103.39.226 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=OoH=WRD=XUg]OI4DlPLEfeYSB=nbEKnkk8fDfKVWkmckL^Mjg2:ak; I7eU]g6nT6d; jI9iomESX=>Jk_bf Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134367 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29942 Archived-At: Neon Absentius writes: >On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 04:45:44PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>Neon Absentius writes: >>>On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 08:32:51PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>>> you can set the fill-column to its new value (i.e. 40) and >>>> refill the paragraph by hitting M-q just once: >>>> >>>> * This is a test message. This is a test >>>> message. This is a test message.This is a >>>> test message. This is a test message. This >>>> is a test message. This is a test >>>> message. This is a test message. ^^^^^^^^ >>>> ^^^^^^^^ >>> >>> Before you start giving advice on filling don't you think that you >>> should first fix yours? You might want to have a look at the >>> variable "sentence-end-double-space" for example. >> >> In what ways does my personal preference for the current setting of >> sentence-end-double-space affect the correctness or the usefulness of >> the advice about filling? > > In no way. Thanks. > Your advice was *irrelevant* to what the OP asked. Not quite. Go back and reread the OP's post. > At a meta-level, I do think that the fact that the filling behaviour > of your copy of emacs is *obviously* not optimal, gives an indication > of the usefulnes of your advice on the filling behaviour of emacs. > Don't you? No. >> Keep the irony to yourself the next time, thanks... > > No, thank you. I'd rather share. Great. Thanks for your invaluable contributions to the original poster's question. *plonk*