I'm passing on a suggestion from a user for indentation when using  
word-wrap.

I know this has been suggested but deferred back when word-wrap was  
implemented.

I would propose to tie indentation to a syntax-specific variable set  
by major modes, so that indentation can occur, for example, after  
every \item set in latex-mode, or after lines starting with "- " in  
text-mode, or "* " in wikipedia-mode.  [The current auto-indentation  
function in auto-fill-mode, adding a new "- " before every line rather  
than indenting it, has proven more annoying than useful in my own  
use.  But that's another issue.]


Begin forwarded message:

> From: William Henney <whenney@gmail.com>
> Date: 18 February 2009 14:24:14 EST
> To: Aquamacs-devel@aquamacs.org
> Subject: [Aquamacs-devel] enhancement to word-wrap feature for  
> indented text
> Reply-To: Development of Aquamacs Emacs <aquamacs-devel@aquamacs.org>
>
> Dear Aquamacs devs
>
> I do very much like the new(ish) soft word-wrap feature in Aquamacs.
> It is a big improvement on the old longlines mode.
>
> What would make it even better would be if it preserved the whitespace
> indentation of the line. That is, instead of the buffer showing this:
>
>   |     An indented long line |
> ...|that is wrapped            |
>
> it would instead show this:
>
>   |     An indented long line |
> ...|     that is wrapped       |
>
> Note that '|' indicates the borders of the editing window and '...' is
> the continuation mark in the gutter.
>
> Does this sound like a sane suggestion?
>
> Cheers
>
> Will
>
> -- 
>
>  Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica,
>  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia