GNU bug report logs - #2749
23.0.91; Visual Line Mode: incorrect line wrapping in corner case

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: pent <pent <at> aparamon.msk.ru>

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:20:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pent <pent <at> aparamon.msk.ru>
Subject: bug#2749: 23.0.91; Visual Line Mode: incorrect line wrapping in corner case
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:35:02 -0400
> This behavior is expected.  The word wrap algorithm treats lines that
> are too long to wrap using the ordinary line-wrapping rules, and since
> overflow-newline-into-fringe is disabled in Visual Line mode, the extra
> empty line is used to show the non-overflowed newline character.

> After the release, I might look into letting word wrap handle
> overflow-newline-into-fringe behavior.  I suspect, however, that this
> may lead to confusing results in some circumstances.

BTW: why is overflow-newline-into-fringe ignored when word-wrap is
non-nil?  What kind of confusing results are you thinking of?


        Stefan






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