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$fill-bullet(5)
$fill-bullet(5)$fill-bullet - Paragraph filling bullet character set
$fill-bullet-len - Paragraph filling bullet search depth
$fill-bullet "string"; Default is "*)].-"
$fill-bullet-len length; Default is 5
0 <= length <= $buffer-fill-col
$fill-bullet contains the set of characters which are classified as bullet markers for fill-paragraph(2). If these characters are encountered in the first $fill-bullet-len characters of the paragraph AND the character is followed by a SPACE or a tab character then the user is given the option to indent to the right of the bullet.
$fill-bullet-len determines the maximum depth into the paragraph (in characters) the filling routines should search for a bullet character. The default value is 15. Note that the paragraph starts at the first non-white space character. e.g. to detect "xviii) " as a bullet then the bullet length must be set to at least 6 to detect the bullet character ")".
Examples of filled bullet paragraphs are shown as follows, based on the default $fill-bullet character set.
a) This is an example of a fill-paragraph. The closing bracket is classified as a bullet character and filling optionally takes place to the right of the bullet. a] Another paragraph * A bullet paragraph 1. A numbered paragraph. item - A dashed bullet.
$buffer-fill-col(5), $buffer-fill-mode(5), $fill-col(5), $fill-ignore(5), $fill-mode(5), fill-paragraph(2), justify(2m).
Ref: $fill-bullet(5) File: m5var053.5 Date: 2022/06/12
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