Re: Issues with japanese support

* Masayuki Ataka (2005-03-02) writes:

>> > Ikumi's question is `What for this fill-space text property is set?'
>> > If this property is not used, it is something like a garbage.
>> 
>> Argh, when looking at what Emacs 21 does, I forgot that we actually
>> set the property in other compatibility code.  If you think that
>> checking for the property in `LaTeX-fill-delete-newlines' is useful,
>> please add the code from `fill-delete-newlines' I left out.
>
> In CVS Emacs, 'fill-space is used for checking double space
> after period, using variable `sentence-end-without-space', which
> is not available in Emacs 21.4.

Hm, I don't see such a connection.  AFAICS
`sentence-end-without-space' is only used for adding extra spaces to
sentence endings at the end of a line before the newlines will get
removed in `fill-delete-newlines'.

The 'fill-space property in contrast is used, i.e. checked, during the
loop deleting newlines.  Because such properties may be added by
`LaTeX-fill-newline' I think it could indeed be useful to check for
them in `LaTeX-fill-delete-newlines'.

>> The code setting the text property in `LaTeX-fill-newline' should not
>> be removed because the text property is checked in
>> `fill-delete-newlines' and therefore is useful in Emacs 22 (the
>
> Okay.
> This is another suggestion from Ikumi:
>    Do not set 'fill-space if Emacs < 22.1.
>
> It seems good to me.

In such cases it is always better to check for a feature instead of a
version number.  But as explained above it should not be necessary to
wrap that code in a condition if we add code to check for the
'fill-space text property in `LaTeX-fill-delete-newlines'.

>> upcoming release).
>> 
> Really? Xp

Well, I just wanted to be clear.  Who knows what version number we
will end up with. (^-^)b

-- 
Ralf