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bug#47857: fill-paragraph vs. FULLWIDTH DIGITs: bug exposed
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#47857: fill-paragraph vs. FULLWIDTH DIGITs: bug exposed |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:52:59 +0300 |
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:06:55 +0800
>
> Disaster! M-q runs the command fill-paragraph
>
> And turns:
>
> Today's lucky number(s)!:
> 9
> 10
> 11
>
> Into:
>
> Today's lucky number(s)!:91011
>
> OK, if it is so smart, then why doesn't it also turn:
>
> Today's lucky number(s)!: 9 10 11
>
> into:
>
> Today's lucky number(s)!:91011
>
> Well, surprise, it was actually very happy with 9 10 11 all along.
>
> OK, let's add some space:
> Today's lucky number(s)!: 9 10 11
> becomes:
> Today's lucky number(s)!: 9 10 11
> perfect.
>
> Anyway if it were stable in its output, then one would always get the same
> results. Bug exposed!
I don't see any bug here. This is the documented behavior: filling
deletes any excess whitespace, so 2 or more consecutive SPC characters
are squeezed to a single SPC. All the rest is a typical jidanni-style
hysteria.