Re: Patch: Syntax and Hard Newlines

[martin rudalics]

> BTW: How about this problem?  I'm not sure what I should do now.
> Could somebody please give some suggestions?  Thanks.

1. Define `longlines-wrap-region' somewhat like the following untested

(defun longlines-wrap-region (beg end)
  "Wrap lines between BEG and END."
  (save-excursion
    (save-restriction
      (goto-char end)
      (unless (eolp) (forward-line))
      (setq end (point))
      (goto-char beg)
      (forward-line -1)
      (setq beg (point))
      (narrow-to-region beg end)
      (remove-overlays nil nil 'longlines t)
      (while (not (eobp))
        (save-restriction
          (narrow-to-region
           (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))
          (while (and (move-to-column fill-column)
                      (save-match-data
                        (not (looking-at "[ \t]*$")))
                      (or (longlines-find-break-backward)
                          (progn (move-to-column fill-column)
                                 (longlines-find-break-forward))))
            (let* ((from (save-excursion
                           (skip-chars-backward " \t") (point)))
                   (to (save-excursion
                         (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point)))
                   (overlay (make-overlay from to)))
              ;; Overlay with display property.
              (overlay-put overlay 'display "\n")
              (overlay-put overlay 'longlines t)
              (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max)))))
        (forward-line)))))

2. Modify the remainder of longlines.el accordingly (I'd wrap only
regions between `window-start' and `window-end').

3. Redefine `next-line' and `previous-line' to treat an overlay with a
display property of "\n" just as another newline (possibly guided by an
additional "soft" parameter).

4. Add two new commands `beginning-of-line-soft' and `end-of-line-soft'
that handle such overlays as well.