From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: 16821@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16821: 24.3; fill-paragraph adds garbage text
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:56:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <le54vn$obk$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFoLexB6e=cThMvePpDXZ5zif1rWWNf6rx6TaEvKj2_FvHDN5A@mail.gmail.com>
On 2/19/14 10:01 PM, Patrick Steele wrote:
> (Apologies if this email was received twice)
>
> Executing M-q, bound to fill-paragraph, results in a wrapped paragraph
> with extra text inserted. The extra text is generally something that has
> been typed elsewhere in the buffer. The example that caused me to file
> this report is as follows, where each line of the actual text is prefixed with ' >'
>
> ---- Original text ----
> > data : dict
> > A mapping to Task objects in JSON form, or None.
> >
> > Notes
> > -----
> >
> > JSON doesn't support integer keys in dictionaries, but we assume they
>
> ---- Result ----
> > data : dict
> > A mapping to Task objects in JSON form, or None.
> >
> > Notes
> > -----
> >
> > JSON doesn't support integer keys in dictionaries, but we
> > A mapping to Task objects in JSON form, or Noneassume they
>
> It was triggered by hitting M-q with the cursor just after the string
> 'they'.
>
> I have encountered this bug before; I resolve the issue by quitting
> Emacs and launching again.
I suspect you have inadvertently set fill-prefix (perhaps via `C-x .'),
so check that with `C-h v' when it happens again.
You can unset it with `C-a C-x .'
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-20 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-20 5:01 bug#16821: 24.3; fill-paragraph adds garbage text Patrick Steele
2014-02-20 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-20 14:56 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2014-02-20 17:16 ` Stefan Monnier
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