GNU bug report logs - #45116
26.3; refill-mode doesn't allow me to add text at the end of a paragraph

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From: David Klein <dklein0 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 45116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45116: 26.3; refill-mode doesn't allow me to add text at the
 end of a paragraph
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 10:16:11 +0200

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Actually, an even better behaviour would be that when user inserts a
whitespace character at the end of the line and the whitespace is preceded
by non-whitespace, refill *does* insert the whitespace immediately into the
buffer.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:36 PM David Klein <dklein0 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> For example, set a flag when user inserts a space character after a
> non-space character. If he subsequently inserts a non space character,
> insert a single space into the buffer.
>
> Did you try it out in an emacs buffer? Really, give it a shot. The current
> behavior is so counterintuitive as to make it useless.
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, 19:25 Eli Zaretskii, <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> > From: David Klein <dklein0 <at> gmail.com>
>> > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:13:33 +0200
>> > Cc: 45116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> >
>> > If I typed in the text
>> >
>> > "The quick brown
>> >
>> > jumped
>> >
>> > over
>> > "
>> >
>> > and then went up to the end of the first line and type the characters
>> > '[space]' 'H' 'e' 'l' 'l' 'o'
>> >
>> > I get
>> >
>> > "The quick brownHello"
>> >
>> > instead of
>> >
>> > "The quick brown Hello"
>> >
>> > i.e. zero spaces instead of one. Only excess whitespace should be
>> removed
>> > and the first space isn't excess.
>>
>> What logic would you suggest to implement to decide that this space is
>> it not excess?
>>
>

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