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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.550
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.550 (after 7.3.541)
+Problem:    With "j" in 'formatoptions' a list leader is not removed. (Gary
+	    Johnson)
+Solution:   Don't ignore the start of a three part comment. (Lech Lorens)
+Files:	    src/ops.c, src/testdir/test29.in, src/testdir/test29.ok
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.549/src/ops.c	2012-06-07 21:09:35.000000000 +0200
+--- src/ops.c	2012-06-13 13:48:26.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 4250,4264 ****
+  	return line;
+  
+      /* Find:
+-      * - COM_START,
+       * - COM_END,
+       * - colon,
+       * whichever comes first.
+       */
+      while (*comment_flags)
+      {
+! 	if (*comment_flags == COM_START
+! 		|| *comment_flags == COM_END
+  		|| *comment_flags == ':')
+  	{
+  	    break;
+--- 4250,4262 ----
+  	return line;
+  
+      /* Find:
+       * - COM_END,
+       * - colon,
+       * whichever comes first.
+       */
+      while (*comment_flags)
+      {
+! 	if (*comment_flags == COM_END
+  		|| *comment_flags == ':')
+  	{
+  	    break;
+***************
+*** 4267,4275 ****
+      }
+  
+      /* If we found a colon, it means that we are not processing a line
+!      * starting with an opening or a closing part of a three-part
+!      * comment. That's good, because we don't want to remove those as
+!      * this would be annoying.
+       */
+      if (*comment_flags == ':' || *comment_flags == NUL)
+  	line += lead_len;
+--- 4265,4272 ----
+      }
+  
+      /* If we found a colon, it means that we are not processing a line
+!      * starting with a closing part of a three-part comment. That's good,
+!      * because we don't want to remove those as this would be annoying.
+       */
+      if (*comment_flags == ':' || *comment_flags == NUL)
+  	line += lead_len;
+*** ../vim-7.3.549/src/testdir/test29.in	2012-06-06 16:12:54.000000000 +0200
+--- src/testdir/test29.in	2012-06-13 13:48:26.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 103,114 ****
+  
+  STARTTEST
+  /^{/+1
+! :set comments=s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://
+  :set comments+=s1:>#,mb:#,ex:#<,:<
+  :set cpoptions-=j joinspaces fo=j
+  :set backspace=eol,start
+  :.,+3join
+  j4J
+  :.,+2join
+  j3J
+  :.,+2join
+--- 103,117 ----
+  
+  STARTTEST
+  /^{/+1
+! :set comments=sO:*\ -,mO:*\ \ ,exO:*/
+! :set comments+=s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://
+  :set comments+=s1:>#,mb:#,ex:#<,:<
+  :set cpoptions-=j joinspaces fo=j
+  :set backspace=eol,start
+  :.,+3join
+  j4J
++ :.,+8join
++ j9J
+  :.,+2join
+  j3J
+  :.,+2join
+***************
+*** 132,137 ****
+--- 135,158 ----
+   * Make sure the previous comment leader is not removed.
+   */
+  
++ /* List:
++  * - item1
++  *   foo bar baz
++  *   foo bar baz
++  * - item2
++  *   foo bar baz
++  *   foo bar baz
++  */
++ 
++ /* List:
++  * - item1
++  *   foo bar baz
++  *   foo bar baz
++  * - item2
++  *   foo bar baz
++  *   foo bar baz
++  */
++ 
+  // Should the next comment leader be left alone?
+  // Yes.
+  
+*** ../vim-7.3.549/src/testdir/test29.ok	2012-06-06 16:12:54.000000000 +0200
+--- src/testdir/test29.ok	2012-06-13 13:48:26.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 66,71 ****
+--- 66,73 ----
+  {
+  /* Make sure the previous comment leader is not removed.  */
+  /* Make sure the previous comment leader is not removed.  */
++ /* List: item1 foo bar baz foo bar baz item2 foo bar baz foo bar baz */
++ /* List: item1 foo bar baz foo bar baz item2 foo bar baz foo bar baz */
+  // Should the next comment leader be left alone?  Yes.
+  // Should the next comment leader be left alone?  Yes.
+  /* Here the comment leader should be left intact. */ // And so should this one.
+*** ../vim-7.3.549/src/version.c	2012-06-13 13:40:45.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-06-13 13:50:23.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 716,717 ****
+--- 716,719 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     550,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+If you put 7 of the most talented OSS developers in a room for a week
+and asked them to fix a bug in a spreadsheet program, in 1 week
+you'd have 2 new mail readers and a text-based web browser.
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
+///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
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