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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-06-15 07:36:42 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-06-15 07:36:42 +0000
commit91fe8c378e5f0fae2963fe5ff0ddfefa36ac86d8 (patch)
tree99a143efa5a1f0fc98e2dc2c98e238ea404be887 /lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
parent9cc92f8bd384877226545371ec3345c1a9411923 (diff)
downloademacs-91fe8c378e5f0fae2963fe5ff0ddfefa36ac86d8.tar.gz
(text-mode): Let all-white lines separate paragraphs.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
index b555d61a810..7e175fe9412 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ inherit all the commands defined in this map.")
(defun text-mode ()
"Major mode for editing text written for humans to read.
-In this mode, paragraphs are delimited only by blank lines.
+In this mode, paragraphs are delimited only by blank or white lines.
You can thus get the full benefit of adaptive filling
(see the variable `adaptive-fill-mode').
\\{text-mode-map}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Turning on Text mode runs the normal hook `text-mode-hook'."
(setq local-abbrev-table text-mode-abbrev-table)
(set-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table)
(make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
- (setq paragraph-start (concat "$\\|" page-delimiter))
+ (setq paragraph-start (concat "[ \t]*$\\|" page-delimiter))
(make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
(setq paragraph-separate paragraph-start)
(setq mode-name "Text")