On 2009-03-14 18:17 +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> Does fill-region still work in these situations? It might be possible >> that some broken package sets fill-paragraph-function to an unsuitable >> value (see the docstring for fill-paragraph-function). > > Nope, fill-region still exhibits the same behaviour. > > Here is a block of text that will reproduce this strange behaviour: > > aaaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaa aaaaaa a aaaaa aaaa aaaaaaaa aa > bbbbbbbbb. aaaaaaa aa aaaaaa aa aaaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, a aaa aa aaaa > aaa > aaa aaa aaaa aaaa aaaa aaaaa aaa a aaaa aaaa aaaaaa aaaa aaa aaa aaaaaaaa. > aaa a > aaaa aaaa aaa. > > If you do fill-paragraph on that text, the word bbbbbbbbb is not moved to the > first line like it should be.
This is actually correct, because if it were moved to the first line it would change the semantics of the text: the sentence would end with the "bbbbbbbbb.", while it does not in the original. That's because by default a dot only ends a sentence if followed by a newline or _two_ spaces, see the user option sentence-end-double-space: ,---- | sentence-end-double-space is a variable defined in `paragraphs.el'. | Its value is t | | This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value | satisfies the predicate `booleanp'. | | Documentation: | Non-nil means a single space does not end a sentence. | This is relevant for filling. See also `sentence-end-without-period' | and `colon-double-space'. `---- If you set sentence-end-double-space to nil, then the "bbbbbbbbb." is moved to the first line, since the sentence ends after it in the original text. > If you remove the line break before this word so that you have a long > line, you will get: > > aaaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaa aaaaaa a aaaaa aaaa aaaaaaaa aa > bbbbbbbbb. aaaaaaa aa aaaaaa aa aaaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, a aaa aa aaaa > aaa > aaa aaa aaaa aaaa aaaa aaaaa aaa a aaaa aaaa aaaaaa aaaa aaa aaa aaaaaaaa. > aaa a > aaaa aaaa aaa. > > If you do fill-paragraph on this block of text, it will return it to the > original example, which is in error. Yet, and this is most peculiar, if you > add > the line break after the word bbbbbbbbb, and then do fill paragraph, it will > correctly leave it alone. Yes, because by adding the line break you are telling Emacs that the sentence ends here. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
