GNU bug report logs - #66599
29.1; Visual line mode behaves strangely on line with contiguous stretch of whitespace

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rahguzar <rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu>

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 66599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Rahguzar <rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu>
Cc: 66599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66599: 29.1; Visual line mode behaves strangely on line
 with contiguous stretch of whitespace
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:08:35 +0300

> From: Rahguzar <rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu>
> Cc: 66599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:59:56 +0200
> 
> > This is the expected behavior.  Visual line mode never breaks the line
> > in the middle of a stretch of whitespace characters, it always breaks
> > the line at a non-whitespace character _after_ a stretch of whitespace
> > characters.
> >
> > This is not a bug.
> 
> Thanks for clarifying. Is there a way to get a behavior which
> prioritizes not breaking on non-whitespace characters?

Not that I know of, no.  The word-wrap feature of visual line mode is
implemented in C, and the intent there is quite clear.
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