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bug#11759: 24.1.50; word-wrap should wrap on non-words if the current wo
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#11759: 24.1.50; word-wrap should wrap on non-words if the current word is too long |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:14:12 +0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>> if the entire line is one "word" but indented, which is not uncommon
>> in some files that I regularly edit, then the entire line is wrapped
>> to the next line leaving a completely blank visual line.
>
> I also use word-wrap everywhere, including programming modes and see the
> same problem.
>
> - if the word is the first non-blank char on the line, wrapping to the
> next line results in a visually empty line, losing the
> indentation info.
> - if the word is wider than the window (plus the wrap-prefix), then even
> after word-wrapping it to the next line, it gets char-wrapped anyway,
> so we didn't win anything.
FWIW, word wrap behaves the same way in other editors (checked with
gedit and with a text box in Firefox).