*** nroff-mode.el	14 Sep 2007 10:50:21 +1000	1.35
--- nroff-mode.el	12 Oct 2007 10:51:35 +1000	
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*** 127,132 ****
--- 127,141 ----
         (concat "[.']\\|" paragraph-start))
    (set (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
         (concat "[.']\\|" paragraph-separate))
+ 
+   ;; Don't auto-fill directives, since they normally have to be one line,
+   ;; but do auto-fill comments .\" .\# and '''
+   ;; Comment directive pattern would be [.'][ \t]*[\\][#"], and this regexp
+   ;; is everything other than that, so not a backslash (and not a '' as in
+   ;; '''), or a backslash but then not # or "
+   (set (make-local-variable 'auto-fill-inhibit-regexp)
+        "[.'][ \t]*\\([^\\ \t']\\|\\\\[^#\"]\\)")
+ 
    ;; comment syntax added by mit-erl!gildea 18 Apr 86
    (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start) "\\\" ")
    (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start-skip) "\\\\[\"#][ \t]*")