Re: auto-fill... eh

[John Russell]

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