From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: paragraph definition problems Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:16:18 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3f62b25c@news.unimelb.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063640388 32570 80.91.224.253 (15 Sep 2003 15:39:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:39:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 15 17:39:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19yvS6-0001fa-00 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:39:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19yvMS-0003MW-EY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:33:56 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1063638978 132.204.24.42 (Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:16:18 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:16:18 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116601 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12522 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12522 > The standard for that option is "[ \t\n\f]" (at least in my version). If I > interpret that correctly it means "every line starting with a space, a tab, > a new line or a line feed" in the context of paragraph-start. This "default" value is basically only used in fundamental-mode. > Let's say I've got the following text: > This is a paragraph. > This should be a new paragraph because of the space at the beginning. > Now, if I press M-h to select the paragraph in the second line, the line > above is also selected, in spite of the space in the beginning of the second > one. Also M-q fills those "paragraphs" together. This is probably in a buffer using some other mode than fundamental-mode. Do C-h v in the buffer that you care about to see the value it has in this particular buffer. The default (i.e. global) value is about as good as never used (in Emacs-CVS this default value is changed to reflect the more common setting corresponding to text-mode). Stefan