introduced}), in which Emacs binds a total of seven variables:
@code{opoint}, @code{fill-prefix-regexp}, @code{parstart},
@code{parsep}, @code{sp-parstart}, @code{start}, and
-@code{found-start}.
+@code{found-start}. The first part of the @code{let*} expression
+looks like below:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+(let* ((opoint (point))
+ (fill-prefix-regexp
+ (and fill-prefix (not (equal fill-prefix ""))
+ (not paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix)
+ (regexp-quote fill-prefix)))
+ ;; Remove ^ from paragraph-start and paragraph-sep if they are there.
+ ;; These regexps shouldn't be anchored, because we look for them
+ ;; starting at the left-margin. This allows paragraph commands to
+ ;; work normally with indented text.
+ ;; This hack will not find problem cases like "whatever\\|^something".
+ (parstart (if (and (not (equal "" paragraph-start))
+ (equal ?^ (aref paragraph-start 0)))
+ (substring paragraph-start 1)
+ paragraph-start))
+ (parsep (if (and (not (equal "" paragraph-separate))
+ (equal ?^ (aref paragraph-separate 0)))
+ (substring paragraph-separate 1)
+ paragraph-separate))
+ (parsep
+ (if fill-prefix-regexp
+ (concat parsep "\\|"
+ fill-prefix-regexp "[ \t]*$")
+ parsep))
+ ;; This is used for searching.
+ (sp-parstart (concat "^[ \t]*\\(?:" parstart "\\|" parsep "\\)"))
+ start found-start)
+ ...)
+@end group
+@end smallexample
The variable @code{parsep} appears twice, first, to remove instances
of @samp{^}, and second, to handle fill prefixes.