$fill-ignore(5)

NAME

$fill-ignore - Ignore paragraph filling character(s)

SYNOPSIS

$fill-ignore "string"; Default is ">_@"

DESCRIPTION

$fill-ignore describes a set of characters used by fill-paragraph(2) which disable paragraph filling when they appear at the start of a paragraph. An obvious example is an inserted mail message which is usually quoted with ">" characters. Any attempt to fill the paragraph causes fill-paragraph to skip to the end of it.

EXAMPLE

This is an example of an ignored paragraph when encountered by fill-paragraph with the default ignore character set.

> This is an example of a paragraph that 
> is ignored. 

SEE ALSO

$fill-col(5), $fill-bullet(5), $fill-mode(5), fill-paragraph(2), justify(2m).

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1998/07/28
Generated On: 1999/12/01