From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Russell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: auto-fill... eh Date: 05 Apr 2003 19:54:09 -0500 Organization: Cisco Systems Inc. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049590582 32035 80.91.224.249 (6 Apr 2003 00:56:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 00:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 06 02:56:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 191ySL-0008KX-00 for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2003 02:56:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 191yRb-0006Oz-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 19:55:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Cache-Post-Path: sj-nntpcache-5!unknown@161.44.79.244 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b2 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 33 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111712 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8213 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8213 Jesper Harder writes: > John Russell writes: > > > Quote from the emacs manual > > > > Auto Fill mode does not refill entire paragraphs; it can break > > lines but cannot merge lines. So editing in the middle of a paragraph > > can result in a paragraph that is not correctly filled. > > > > This kinda bothers me. I really want auto-fill to behave the way it > > does in every other program. eg if you go back to the middle of a > > paragraph and start typing, I would like it to fill correctly. > > You didn't read very far in the manual :-) The very next node after Auto > Fill, tells you what you want: > > ,----[ ] > | > | Refill mode > | > | Refill minor mode provides support for keeping paragraphs filled as > | you type or modify them in other ways. It provides an effect similar > | to typical word processor behavior. This works by running a > | paragraph-filling command at suitable times. > `---- > > There's also maniac.el, which does something similar. And here I was thinking I was all cool reading the manual before I asked a silly question. Thanks anyway. John