GNU bug report logs - #11948
24.1.50; word-wrap should allow wrapping at all breaking space characters, not just space and tab

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:49:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.1.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #64 received at 11948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 11948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11948: 24.1.50; word-wrap should allow wrapping at all
 breaking space characters, not just space and tab
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:47:23 +0200
Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> I noticed this when in visual-line-mode, and it failed to wrap at an em
> space (U+2003), but of course there are lotsof other breaking space
> characters.

Eli, now that we have word-wrap-by-category, wouldn't this be easy to
implement?  I.e., do 

(modify-category-entry #x2003 ?|)

for all characters of general-category Zs in character.el?  Or would
that have other negative consequences?

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