[h-e-w] Re: autofill-mode in comments

[Paul Kinnucan]

Hi,

Install filladapt (see http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/filladapt.php
for instructions on how to do this) and comments will wrap correctly.

- Paul


M-q (c-Toby Ferguson writes:
 > I have noticed this too, so you're not alone (if that's any comfort!)
 > 
 > (kind of) associated with this is the fact that the if the /* characters are 
 > at the beginning of a line subsequent 'indent-for-modes' don't indent the 
 > comment, but treat it as if its a class comment. Not
 > sure if this is correct behaviour, but I seem to remember things were'n't 
 > always this way.
 > 
 > Toby
 > 
 > Erwin Achermann wrote:
 > 
 > > Hi *,
 > >
 > > I fail to configure my java editor to do what I (and presumably you guys 
 > > too) expect. I am pretty sure this is a matter of configuration, but I 
 > > don't know what variable(s) I should tweak.
 > >
 > > I'm using JDEE (in standard configuration) Abbrev-mode and autofill-mode 
 > > are on.
 > > Now here is what I observe:
 > >  editing a comment starting with /** or with /* leads to the following 
 > > line breaking:
 > >
 > >         /** Calculates the maximal allowable drag distance for this column
 > >          * which is always larger than the other one which is what
 > >         is really interesting
 > >
 > >         */
 > >
 > >         /* asdf asdf asdklj asdklfj asdflkj asdf lkj asdfkl asdfj dflkj
 > >          * adf ljasdf laksdfj lkdf lkjasdf lkj daf lk l jasdflkj asdflkj
 > >         fasdf asdfk asdf
 > >
 > >         */
 > >
 > > Note that the first auto-line wrap is doing exactly the right thing 
 > > (correct indent and correct prefix, which seems preconfigured nicely to ' 
 > > * ') , but why is the third line not prefixed with the ' * '.
 > > The funny thing is, that c-fill-paragraph (bound on M-q) would be wrapping 
 > > a prefixing correctly.
 > > The annoying thing is that in the third line the code-abbrevs get 
 > > reactivated (writing by is expanded to byte, writing for takes me to the 
 > > for-loop-template...)
 > >
 > > Question: am I the only living with that situation? If so, how can I have 
 > > auto-fill mode prefixing all the comment lines properly and not only the 
 > > first one?
 > >
 > > Thanks for any clue
 > > Erwin
 >