Re: Moving from org-mode 6.33/7.9.3 to 8.3.2

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Steve Moreau <moreau.steve@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Moving from old org-mode versions (6.33 or 7.9.3f-17-g7524ef) to the latest
> stable one currently (8.3.2), I noticed two changes which made me out of my
> comfort zone.
>
> Demoting/promoting a header now changes the indentation of text below.
> I reverted to the previous mode with '(setf org-adapt-indentation nil)' in
> ~/.emacs, and that's fine but I mentioned it in case it has an impact on
> point#2.
>
> 'M-x fill-region' does not fill custom lists as before. In the previous
> version, I could select and fill several mixed paragraphs/lists directly.
> For example, filling the following block (without --- separator added as a
> delimiter in this message)
> ---------------
> # a very looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong comment
>
> a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong sentence that
> should be filled over 2 lines
>
> - a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong item that should be filled over 2
> lines
>
>   - a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong item that should be filled over
> 2 lines
>
> a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong sentence that
> should be filled over 2 lines

[snip]

> Lists are not filled anymore and I have to select each list entry and fill
> it individually to get the same output.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> Is there any simple way to revert to the previous mode with a variable?
> Else, could you explain briefly where I should look if I want to understand
> why the filling is skipped in this case, and eventually change it if I
> cannot change my mind and adapt to this different behavior? I had a look at
> function (org.el:23249 org-setup-filling) but I am not sure this is the
> right location.

I don't really have an answer regarding *why*, but I have this in my
.emacs that seems to work with either spaces at the end of your
example above (fills the current line) or with M-x fill-region. Want
to try that? Maybe the new org requires manually setting fill options?

#+begin_src .emacs

;; change 80 to whatever you prefer
(setq-default fill-column 80)
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)

#+end_src


Hope that helps!
John

>
> Thanks, and have a nice day.