Re: Patch: Syntax and Hard Newlines

[Stefan Monnier]

>     If all filling functions insert soft newlines with `fill-newline',
>     changing this function will be Ok.  And if making this change is Ok,
>     how about adding a customizable variable to control whether putting
>     the `syntax-table' property?  This would require as little functions
>     to be changed as possible.

> In general, soft newlines can be inserted by the user too,
> for instance by yanking.  So I think the approach of putting
> special properties on soft newlines cannot be a general solution.

But longlines-mode uses an after-change-function to reformat inserted text,
so that should take care of all possible situations.


        Stefan