Re: Why does fill-paragraph insert a "-" char on wrapped lines?

[Andreas Schwab]

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:

> When fill-paragraph is applied to
>
>  ;; - This is a long line that will wrap when it is filled.
>
> it is filled like this
>
>  ;; - This is a long line that will wrap when it is
>  ;; - filled.
>
> I do not understand why there is a "-" char on the second line above.

adaptive-fill-mode is a variable defined in `fill.el'.
Its value is t

Documentation:
*Non-nil means determine a paragraph's fill prefix from its text.

Andreas.

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