Re: Esc-q and new line / line feed chars

["Jack McDermot" <mcdermot_jack@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "G. Milde" <g.milde@xxxxxx>

> > However, I've noticed that jed inserts some sort of line break at the
> > visual EOL, that is, at the place where the line is broken on the screen 
> as
> > a result of pressing Esc-q a line feed or new line character gets 
> written
> > to the file.
>
> Actually, the line feeds only change place. They are there without
> "Esc-x format-paragraph" too.

You are obviously right; I just hadn't noticed it without running 
format-paragraph because the latter introduces a jagged look which is easy 
to detect.


> Some word-processors don't break lines or treat line-endings as
> paragraph endings. Some word-processors (e.g. LyX) ask the user whether
> ASCII text should be imported as lines or as paragraphs.

As a new (and happy!) lyx user I just learnt this, thanks! "Import -> ASCII 
Text as Paragraphs" works like a charm. Unfornatunately others use other 
programs, so...

> If you think this is a nice idea, you can write a function to convert all
> inter-paragraph linebreaks into spaces. Every paragraph is then just
> one very long line.

> One possibility would be to set WRAP to a really
> high value and reformat,

I tried the former but then as I continue typing (past the right hand side 
end of the screen) the line just gets shifted and its initial portion gets 
hidden.

> another to convert "\n\n" into some paragraph separator and "\n" into " ". 
> You can even use this in a file-save hook to have automatic conversion
> for all (or a specific subset of the) files. (See Help>Browse_Docs hooks
> for doc on hooks and gzip.sl for an example.)

That's what I'll do. Thanks!

/Jack

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