* Necessity of `org-fill-paragraph'
@ 2020-06-04 12:04 Dominik Schrempf
2020-06-04 12:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Dominik Schrempf @ 2020-06-04 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Hello,
I am using a global keybinding for =M-q=, so that I can fill and unfill
paragraphs with one key stroke (unfill.el):
: (global-set-key (kbd "s-q") 'unfill-toggle)
For a long time, I thought that =fill-paragraph= was broken in Org mode, because
it doesn't work well on code blocks, on lists, and on many other things [1].
Just now, I realized that Org mode uses a specialized version of
`fill-paragraph`, called `org-fill-paragraph`.
Hence, the aforementioned global key binding breaks behavior in Org mode,
although the function =unfill-toggle= is just a wrapper around =fill-paragraph=.
Is it necessary to have the specialized function =org-fill-paragraph=? Is it
possible to use the canonical =fill-paragraph=?
Thanks,
Dominik
[1] https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/issues/13384
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* Re: Necessity of `org-fill-paragraph'
2020-06-04 12:04 Necessity of `org-fill-paragraph' Dominik Schrempf
@ 2020-06-04 12:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-06-04 12:49 ` Dominik Schrempf
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-06-04 12:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dominik Schrempf; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Hello,
Dominik Schrempf <dominik.schrempf@gmail.com> writes:
> I am using a global keybinding for =M-q=, so that I can fill and unfill
> paragraphs with one key stroke (unfill.el):
>
> : (global-set-key (kbd "s-q") 'unfill-toggle)
>
> For a long time, I thought that =fill-paragraph= was broken in Org mode, because
> it doesn't work well on code blocks, on lists, and on many other things [1].
> Just now, I realized that Org mode uses a specialized version of
> `fill-paragraph`, called `org-fill-paragraph`.
>
> Hence, the aforementioned global key binding breaks behavior in Org mode,
> although the function =unfill-toggle= is just a wrapper around
> =fill-paragraph=.
You could detect if you're in an Org document beforehand.
`org-fill-paragraph' obeys to `fill-column'.
> Is it necessary to have the specialized function =org-fill-paragraph=? Is it
> possible to use the canonical =fill-paragraph=?
There is `fill-paragraph-function', but it only kicks when no region is
selected. Using it would break region filling. There is also
`fill-forward-paragraph-function', but I think it is too limited.
In a nutshell, I didn't find any way to fill correctly Org documents
using `fill-paragraph' mechanism. So I wrote the current implementation
of `org-fill-paragraph', which is a wrapper around `org-fill-element'.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: Necessity of `org-fill-paragraph'
2020-06-04 12:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2020-06-04 12:49 ` Dominik Schrempf
2020-06-04 12:53 ` Eric S Fraga
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dominik Schrempf @ 2020-06-04 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Dear Nicolas!
Thank you for your fast reply! I now use a custom =org-unfill-toggle= which does
the same as =unfill-toggle= but uses =org-fill-paragraph=. It just took me a
while to see where the problem lies! For cases like these, it would be
advantageous if major modes could redefine certain functions. Like
=fill-paragraph= in this case. Instead, they usually (have to?) rebind the
keys...
Kind regards,
Dominik
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Dominik Schrempf <dominik.schrempf@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am using a global keybinding for =M-q=, so that I can fill and unfill
>> paragraphs with one key stroke (unfill.el):
>>
>> : (global-set-key (kbd "s-q") 'unfill-toggle)
>>
>> For a long time, I thought that =fill-paragraph= was broken in Org mode, because
>> it doesn't work well on code blocks, on lists, and on many other things [1].
>> Just now, I realized that Org mode uses a specialized version of
>> `fill-paragraph`, called `org-fill-paragraph`.
>>
>> Hence, the aforementioned global key binding breaks behavior in Org mode,
>> although the function =unfill-toggle= is just a wrapper around
>> =fill-paragraph=.
>
> You could detect if you're in an Org document beforehand.
> `org-fill-paragraph' obeys to `fill-column'.
>
>> Is it necessary to have the specialized function =org-fill-paragraph=? Is it
>> possible to use the canonical =fill-paragraph=?
>
> There is `fill-paragraph-function', but it only kicks when no region is
> selected. Using it would break region filling. There is also
> `fill-forward-paragraph-function', but I think it is too limited.
>
> In a nutshell, I didn't find any way to fill correctly Org documents
> using `fill-paragraph' mechanism. So I wrote the current implementation
> of `org-fill-paragraph', which is a wrapper around `org-fill-element'.
>
> Regards,
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