Autofill on a modified paragraph

Autofill on a modified paragraph

[Giannandrea Castaldi]

Hi all,
when I'm writing a text in a text mode the autofill insert soft newlines 
so that the lines aren't too long.
But if I change a paragraph the autofill doesn't reformat the whole 
paragraph, I must reinsert spaces in the right positions so that it 
reinsert soft newlines.
There is a way to apply refill on the whole paragrath/buffer?

Thanks a lot.

Giannandrea

Re: Autofill on a modified paragraph

[roodwriter]

Giannandrea Castaldi wrote:

> Hi all,
> when I'm writing a text in a text mode the autofill insert soft newlines
> so that the lines aren't too long.
> But if I change a paragraph the autofill doesn't reformat the whole
> paragraph, I must reinsert spaces in the right positions so that it
> reinsert soft newlines.
> There is a way to apply refill on the whole paragrath/buffer?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Giannandrea


Have you tried refill-mode? I use it all the time, but don't know
about the soft newlines part.

I use it as a toggle, since there are some problems with it. One is
that it forces you to space paragraphs in block style, like you see
here. Otherwise it'll slurp lines up into one paragraph.

If you need to make a list:

First item
Second item
Third item

You need to turn auto-fill off because you'll get:

First item second item third item

It can get really greedy.

Otherwise it's almost like a true word wrap.

--Rod 
Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers"
and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at
http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html.

To reply take the extra "o" out of the name.

Re: Autofill on a modified paragraph

[roodwriter]

Giannandrea Castaldi wrote:

It just occurred to me you didn't say if you knew how to refill lines
manually. That's M-q.

It's not greedy like refill-mode in my previous post, but you have to
continue to press those buttons rather than have it done
automatically. There are some people that prefer to do it manually.


--Rod 
Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers"
and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at
http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html.

To reply take the extra "o" out of the name.