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From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Not taking indented text with fill-paragraph
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 12:21:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lziq6tju8y.fsf@informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 874oid5toh.fsf@linux-lqcw.site

Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:

> I have often some text like the folowing:
>
> First some text which is a description of the list that follows the
> text:
>     item 1
>     item 2
>     item 3
>     item 4
>
> Sometimes you change something an you get:
>
> First some initial text which is a description of the list that follows the
> text:
>     item 1
>     item 2
>     item 3
>     item 4
>
> When using M-q you get:
>
> First some initial text which is a description of the list that follows
> the text: item 1 item 2 item 3 item 4
>
> But I would prefer:
>
> First some initial text which is a description of the list that follows
> the text:
>     item 1
>     item 2
>     item 3
>     item 4
>
> Is there a way to change the behaviour of fill-paragraph?

Yes.  Keep an empty line inserted between paragraphs and lists.  The
correct way to format such text is (as testified for example by reST):

    First some initial text which is a description of the list that
    follows the text:

        - item 1
        - item 2
        - item 3
        - item 4


> One solution is to mark the text which is the description, before giving
> M-q, but I would prefer a solution where this is not necessary. ;-}

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__
http://www.informatimago.com


  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-12 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-12  9:57 Not taking indented text with fill-paragraph Cecil Westerhof
2010-05-12 10:21 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
     [not found]   ` <87mxw54c4k.fsf@linux-lqcw.site>
2010-05-12 20:09     ` Andreas Politz
     [not found]       ` <jwv632s3lgf.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
2010-05-13  8:23         ` Cecil Westerhof
     [not found] ` <861vdhtgqs.fsf@aiuole.stru.polimi.it>
2010-05-13  8:23   ` Cecil Westerhof

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