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From: lrs@esl.esl.com (Lynn Slater)
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Subject: (supposed) Trouble with auto-fill
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Date: 14 Dec 88 20:23:19 GMT
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>>...to which I say, thank goodness!  That's the right thing to do.

> WRONG!  Of course RET should cause auto-filling when in AUTO-FILL-MODE!

This seems like a fairly dogmatic reply when the previous message
showed that this is not universally agreed upon.  I agree with Dale
Worley on this one but am open to arguments on the merits of the other
behavior.  

WHY do you consider this behavior "broken/wrong/screwed up" and why
should we not be using autofill-mode for this? 

Note: auto fill function documentation says:
  > In auto-fill mode, inserting a space at a column beyond  fill-column
  > automatically breaks the line at a previous space.
Carrage return is not mentioned.

Implimentation Note: It is probably easier for you to rebind your key
to a "fill-and-newline" function call than it would be for others to
redefine a function as fundimental as "newline" if auto fill behavior
was changed as you request.

-- Lynn
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