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Subject: Prevent fill-paragraph from adding a newline?
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This is with emacs 21.3.50.

Every time I do a M-q (fill-paragraph) in text mode, emacs has this
annoying habit of silently adding a newline to the end of the paragraph.

Why is this so and is there a way to prevent emacs from doing so?

Thanks for your help,

Gerald.