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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> ]
|
| 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.