GNU bug report logs - #56197
lisp-fill-paragraph behavior changed in Emacs 28

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 56197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#56197: 28.1; lisp-fill-paragraph result regressed with Emacs 28
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:03:11 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> I've now fixed that, but the question still remains -- should
>
> (foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot "This is a very long line This is a very long line This is a very long line This")
>
> be filled as
>
> (foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot "This is a very long line This is a very long line This is a very
> long line This")
>
> (i.e., fill the string using fill-column, or
>
> (foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot-foo-bar-zot "This is a
> very long line This is a very long line This is a very long line This")
>
> (i.e., fill the text as is in the buffer).

The former sounds more useful, IMO.  I don't want to mess up my strings
just to have pretty source code; I can make such adjustments manually
when I need to.

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