the reason is that the algorithm is simpler if fmt reads all the words and then formats them.
if you could modify the source in a simple way to make it incremental (for instance by flushing the words at the end of each paragraph) i imagine the patch might be accepted. 2009/10/18 Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.syk...@gmail.com>: > I may not fully understand the problem, but wouldn't it be just fine > if fmt output anything it can already output? > I.e., filled lines are output, on encountering '\n' the (generally > unfilled) line is output... > (Or what is the reason that fmt waits for EOF?) > > R
