From: John Russell <jorussel@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: auto-fill... eh
Date: 05 Apr 2003 19:54:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k7e8jvim.fsf@debussy.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3u1ddp2sj.fsf@defun.localdomain
Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> John Russell <jorussel@cisco.com> writes:
>
> > Quote from the emacs manual
> >
> > Auto Fill mode does not refill entire paragraphs; it can break
> > lines but cannot merge lines. So editing in the middle of a paragraph
> > can result in a paragraph that is not correctly filled.
> >
> > This kinda bothers me. I really want auto-fill to behave the way it
> > does in every other program. eg if you go back to the middle of a
> > paragraph and start typing, I would like it to fill correctly.
>
> You didn't read very far in the manual :-) The very next node after Auto
> Fill, tells you what you want:
>
> ,----[ <info://emacs/Refill+Mode> ]
> |
> | Refill mode
> |
> | Refill minor mode provides support for keeping paragraphs filled as
> | you type or modify them in other ways. It provides an effect similar
> | to typical word processor behavior. This works by running a
> | paragraph-filling command at suitable times.
> `----
>
> There's also maniac.el, which does something similar.
And here I was thinking I was all cool reading the manual before I
asked a silly question. Thanks anyway.
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-06 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-05 6:29 auto-fill... eh John Russell
2003-04-05 5:44 ` Daniel R. Anderson
2003-04-05 11:52 ` Johan Bockgård
2003-04-05 12:08 ` Jesper Harder
2003-04-05 17:31 ` Eric Hanchrow
2003-04-05 19:29 ` Edward Dodge
2003-04-06 22:11 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <m3u1ddp2sj.fsf@defun.localdomain>
2003-04-06 0:54 ` John Russell [this message]
2003-04-06 17:30 ` David Kastrup
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