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23.0.60; left/right-margin property is not honored on word-wrapped lines

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Message #21 received at 999-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 999-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; left/right-margin property is not honored on word-wrapped
 lines
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:40:08 +0200

Chong Yidong wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> But the reason for wrapping at words is to enhance readability for the
>> user. For precisely this reason I think that the left margin property
>> should be used indent the wrapped line too.
>>
>> After all that is how fill-paragraph works. I think we should think the
>> same about wrapped lines.
> 
> The variable wrap-prefix can be used for this.
> 
> It would not be consistent to make the left/right margin affect
> continued lines.

That is no good replacement. It does not solve the problem at the user
level.

You are in effect saying that this should not work as fill paragraph.
Can you please give the reason for this. And please reopen this bug!

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