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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 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: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:05:49 +0300

> From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:42:18 +0100
> 
> 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.

A prerequisite for doing something about this is to decide which
characters should allow breaking the line.  Is there some guidance in
the Unicode standard or elsewhere about this?  If not, we will have to
decide on our own.
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