Re: Filling woes

[Stefan Monnier]

> This is crazy!  The default value for `adaptive-fiill-regexp' matches the
> null string, so if I want to use `adaptive-fill-function', I've got to
> somehow clobber this regexp.  Having done that, I would have to
> incorporate its functionality into my `adaptive-fill-function'.  YUCK!!!

> Surely `adaptive-fill-function' should be tried first.  MUST be tried
> first.  Surely?  Or have I missed something significant in the filling
> mechanism?

I'd tend to agree.  I remember going through similar steps at some point,
and also wondering who came up with the idea of only checking
adaptive-fill-function as a last resort.  What was he thinking?


        Stefan