Re: [PATCH] org.el: make org-paragraph-fill ignore \[...\] regions starting and ending a line

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> writes:

> The example highlight the difference that I suggested to remove in the
> very first place (by making \[...\] an environment). This was rejected
> to preserve backward compatibility and that's fine. So I moved on to a
> second proposal: modify the paragraph filling function.

This example illustrates that it would be nice to fill two different
structures, well, differently.

> From your sentence in your last reply:
>    "... even though M-q cannot tell that difference (with your proposal,
>    the behaviour would be the same in both cases)."
> I understand that there is no technical deficiency in it.

I cannot speak about technical deficiency. I didn't look closely at the
code. There are some gotchas, though, e.g., when auto-filling (moving
from "inline" to "block").

> Am I therefore correct in saying that if you prefer not to include
> this proposal in org-mode it isn't for technical reasons but it is
> a matter of opinion/taste?

I'm just pointing out an ergonomy (or consistency) annoyance in your
proposal. I'm not thrilled by faking the filling mechanism.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou