GNU bug report logs - #21848
Bug in emacs: filling a certain region with (fill-region) causes a certain character to disapear

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ruy Exel <ruyexel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 00:20:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 21848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Ruy Exel <ruyexel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21848: Bug in emacs: filling a certain region with
 (fill-region) causes a certain character to disapear
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:20:22 -0500

Ruy Exel wrote:

> 2) Mark a region consisting of the first two lines, namely
>
> | a |
> | a
>
> 3) Observe that these two lines contain *three* vertical bars
> 4) Run the command "ESC-x fill-region"
> 5) Observe that thare are only *two* vertical bars now!


This is not a bug, but rather "adaptive filling" behaving as designed.
Compare the result if you first: (setq adaptive-fill-mode nil).
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