Re: auto-fill-mode not quite what it claims to be

[Kai Grossjohann]

Joe Corneli <address@hidden> writes:

> The documentation for auto-fill-mode says
>
>   "In Auto Fill mode, inserting a space at a column beyond
>   `current-fill-column' automatically breaks the line at a previous
>   space."
>
> Well, this does not seem to be the case, because you can run `(insert " ")'
> beyond the `current-fill-column' and all that happens is that the space is
> inserted.  OTOH, if you press the space bar, a space is inserted and the
> paragraph is filled.

Well, you can also hit C-q SPC to insert a space without filling.

But filling also happens when you hit RET, say.

Perhaps one way to make the docstring better without making it very
long is to say "typing a space" instead of "inserting a space"?

wdyt?

Kai