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lisp-fill-paragraph behavior changed in Emacs 28

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 56197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Felix Lechner <felix.lechner <at> lease-up.com>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#56197: [PATCH v3] lisp: Introduce a `lisp-fill-paragraph-as-displayed' variable.
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:31:04 +0900

Hi,

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

>> From: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner <at> lease-up.com>
>> Cc: maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com,  56197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  larsi <at> gnus.org,
>>   stefankangas <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:13:12 -0800
>> 
>> Hi Eli,
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 02 2025, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 
>> > "In" would be correct if we were talking about filling doc strings and
>> > them only
>> 
>> Then I would use 'fill-strings-like-doc-strings' or, if the prefix must
>> match, 'fill-paragraphs-in-strings-like-doc-strings'.

Felix, what is the reason you insist on the 'in-strings' part?  Is this
to try to express the fact that the code is narrowing down on
strings and *then* filling, rather than filling everything at and around
the pointer?

> "As" and "like" are synonyms in this case.  And using "string" twice
> in the name sounds like unnecessary tautology to me.  "Paragraphs" is
> better, because we do really fill paragraphs, not strings.
>
> So I see nothing wrong with the current name that would justify yet
> another rename.  We are splitting hair, IMO.

It seems to me there is diminishing returns at this point trying to nail
the elusive perfect name :-).  I'd suggest we move on.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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