Re: FR: support hard-newlines [9.5.5 (release_9.5.5 @ /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs/lisp/org/)]

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com> writes:

>> All in all, I feel that fully respecting `use-hard-newlines' in Org is
>> not a good idea. We can do it partially (for filling), but I am afraid
>> that it may create some confusion.
>
> I am not sure what you mean by confusion here: those who have
> `use-hard-newlines' turned on are explicitly asking for it.  If
> anything, I was confused when I found org-mode did not recognise
> hard-newlines.

Let me clarify.

Current state of affairs is: Org ignores `use-hard-newlines'
Proposed: Org sometimes ignores `use-hard-newline' and sometimes not.

I do believe that what you suggest is a good idea (respecting
`use-hard-newlines' when filling). However, I notice that some people
may be more confused if we implement this FR compared to the existing
situation. So, I am asking for feedback from other users instead of
accepting the FR.

>>> -		   (fill-region-as-paragraph c end justify)
>>> +		   (fill-region c end justify)
>>
>> There are 3 calls to `fill-region-as-paragraph' inside
>> `org-fill-element'. If we decide to support `use-hard-newlines'
>> partially, all 3 calls should probably be replaced.
>
> AFAICT, the rest two are comments (though I cannot tell the difference
> between "comment" and "comment-block").  I replaced the one in paragraph
> since that was where lack of hard-newlines support bit me.

# This is
# a comment

#+begin_comment
This is a
comment block.
#+end_comment

See 13.6 Comment Lines section of the manual.

I do not see why `use-hard-newline' should affect normal paragraphs but
not comments.

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