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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: p DOT steiner AT t-online DOT de (Peter Steiner), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:48:35 +0000
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Subject: Re: RHIDE suggestion
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p DOT steiner AT t-online DOT de (Peter Steiner) wrote:

>  [ About reformatting text... ]
> 
> Do you know JOE (Joe's own Editor) that comes with Linux? It has a
> reformatting function. I like this function, because it's so useful. Look at
> this example:
> 
> /* bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla
>  * bla bla test hello world bla
>  *
>  * bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla bla 
>  * test hello world bla bla bla
>  * bla test hello world bla bla bla 
>  * bla test hello world bla bla bla bla
>  * test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world
>  */
> 
> These are two paragraphs. The second one was edited and so the lines are
> underfull. Now I place the cursor into this paragraph and press ^k f:
> 
> /* bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla
>  * bla bla test hello world bla
>  *
>  * bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla
>  * bla test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world bla bla bla bla
>  * test hello world bla bla bla bla test hello world
>  */
> 
> That's great! I often exit RHIDE just to edit and reformat comments. It's
> very useful for reformatting quoted text in news-articles, too.

The main problem is how to know where a paragraph ends. Even more, your example 
is a little strange because the * are skipped and that's a very strange policy.
Is that correct? (I have joe in my Linux but I'm at work).
There is no reason to start each line with an * and other users could want 
other characters ...

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