Re: Multiline list entries / Is auto-fill-mode in org(roam) usual?

[Tim Cross]

c.buhtz@posteo.jp writes:

> Dear Tim
>
> Am 04.04.2022 17:49 schrieb Tim Cross:
>> What is line-fill-mode? It isn't a 'standard' emacs mode, so must be
>> some add-on?
>
> Sorry this was a "typo".
>
>> At any rate, I don't see this problem when using standard
>> auto-fill-mode. With this mode, when lines wrap (because I've exceeded
>> the fill column) or if I use C-q to trigger filling, the wrapped lines
>> are indented correctly so that lists are preserved.
>
> This is not the case with me.
> Please see this screenrecording
> https://debianforum.de/forum/gallery/image/3641/source
>
> In the top window you see the relevant lines from my init.el.
> In the bottom you see a orgroam capture buffer while I am tiping a 
> loreipsum line and exceeding the fill column. It is not intended.
>
> And that is how it looks like in raw org
>
> :PROPERTIES:
> :ID:       7fe439ec-c46d-4da5-902a-3ba40cebb25e
> :END:
>
> #+title: test
> #+date: [2022-04-04 Mo 20:04]
>
> - Lorem ipsum dolro sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam 
> nonumy
> eirmod tempor invidunt ut
> - second item
>    second line in second item
> -
>
> The first list entry got its newline char automatically via 
> auto-fill-mode.
> The second entry got its newline by myself via pressing RET.

I cannot reproduce your issue using a clean Emacs. I suspect this is
either something incorrect in your init.el file or something caused by
org-roam (which is not part of org-mode).

I note from the screenshot you provided that you are explicitly setting
auto-fill-function. This is not the standard way to turn on
auto-fill-mode and it could break mode specific settings for
auto-filling. Instead, you should call auto-fill-mode in the appropriate
mode specific hook (as specified in the emacs manual).

I would suggest you try reproducing your issue in a clean Emacs e.g.

emacs -Q

open an org file

do M-x auto-fill-mode

do M-x org-capture

to start a data capture

do M-x auto-fill-mode to enable auto-filling in the capture buffer

Add list items to the capture buffer, some long, some short and let
auto-fill do the filling

complete the capture

When I do this, the lists are formatted correctly and long lines are
wrapped with the correct item indentation.

This is with

GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.30,
cairo version 1.16.0) of 2022-04-05
Org mode version 9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-25-gaf6f12 @ 
/usr/local/share/emacs/29.0.50/lisp/org/)