You said to compare text modes with text modes. So let's talk about text-mode itself? It works as I expect.
On 7/9/13, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I think Org should support this variable and not fill two commented >> paragraphs with a commented empty line as if they were one. > > I do not. > >> When you fill in, for example, Emacs Lisp mode, each paragraph is >> filled as a paragraph, without combining them. > > You're comparing apples and oranges. Emacs Lisp is a programming > language, i.e., derived from `prog-mode', whereas Org is about text, > i.e., ultimately derived from `text-mode'. Let's compare text modes with > text modes. > > The only mode derived from `text-mode' with comments I can think of is > `rst-mode'. And it doesn't fill comments at all. We might do the same > for the sake of consistency... > >> I think there is benefit for the user in keeping things consistent >> with other modes and supporting this Emacs variable. > > Org doesn't support this variable. It doesn't even use "newcomment.el". > There is a simple reason for that: many functions in "newcomment.el" > assume comments may start anywhere on a line. This is not possible in > Org. "newcomment.el" is not meant for the `text-mode' family. > > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou > -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.
