Ok, I have two completely unrelated questions.

1.) I often write my latex with a ``hard line break'' on. Then I type some and
edit some. After a while the text looks like this:

Here are some
lines of my
text and they
are really not 80 characters.

Now it would be nice to have a way of automatically recomputing these
line-breaks to 80 chars for each paragraph. I know I can go to Idefix and do a
"hard line break". However this does it in the whole document. I'd like to
have
an option where it only recomputes the lines for the current paragraph (from
the last empty line to the next one). Is such a thing already implemented?
How do I execute it? Preferably, I'd like to have a key short cut for it. Is
there a way to assign short cuts to functions like recompute hard line break?
If the paragraph line recomputation does not exist, should I request it?

2.) This concerns the feature request forum. I see and really value the fact
that you deal with a large number of feature requests directly. Cool! I am
wondering about the small number of feature requests that have not been
addressed. I'd really only like to know your philosophy on those, that aren't
addressed or have only been partially dealt with. Are you aware of them?
Do you read them (every day? monthly?) and try to implement them, but
they take to much time? Do you forget about them, once they are not on
the first page anymore? This is really not meant as a complaint, I am just
curious, why some requests are treated super fast and some seem to be
ignored, completely. Of if it might help to point them out again.

keep up the great work.

. Is such a thing already implemented? How do I execute it?
The "smart scope selecting" option of line break dialog should do that.

Preferably, I'd like to have a key short cut for it. Is there a way to assign
short cuts to functions like recompute hard line break? If the paragraph line
recomputation does not exist, should I request it?

Isn't the repeat line break item sufficient? (I never use it...)

Are you aware of them? Do you read them monthly and try to implement them,
but they take to much time? Do you forget about them, once they are not on the
first page anymore?

Yes.

The only features I implement fast are trivial things, things that are more
like bugs than features and (seldom) ideas that are absolutely brilliant.
Many other requests are something I already thought about, but would require
to change dozens/hundreds of lines. (and then weeks of testing)

Hello benibela,
thanks for the answers. I guess I did not understand what "smart scope
selection" means, that is exactly what I was looking for.

I suppose you only need to repeat line breaks when you have "hard line break"
turned on (which is good when workin on svn) and if you want your tex-file
look cleaned up. I know it's not necessary...

Ok, my problem now is still with the short cut. I haven't realized the actual
problem until now.
If I press ALT + I + E nothing happens. This might have to do with the fact
that in "Idefix" both
"Unindent" and "Repeat Hard Line Break" have an underligned e...

About the Feature requests:
I think it's very cool, that you are accepting input from users. May I suggest
that you somehow indicate that you've read the request and shortly comment on
it? I know you are doing it with most of the requests, but it is sorta
frustrating if you write a feature request and don't get an answer. (e.g. that
one: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3079322&group_id=250595
&atid=1126427) ... I'd be ok with an answer like "Cool idea, but
difficult" or "Don't see a reason for it". The latter answer might give me the
opportunity

Thanks for all the help.

This might have to do with the fact that in "Idefix" both "Unindent" and
"Repeat Hard Line Break" have an underligned e...
I will change that

May I suggest that you somehow indicate that you've read the request and
shortly comment on it
I don't think it is much useful if I reply on almost every request that I
won't implement it now, but perhaps later or perhaps Jan will do it.
And I read the request in Thunderbird (I get a mail about every change, so you
can assume I read it), but I can't reply from there (although I started to
write a program for that, but it isn't finished yet).

that one: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3079322&group_id=
250595&atid=1126427
The structure view is a really ugly thing...
I started to simplify it, but then Jan added the live updating after every
change of the document, which made it even worse, because tracking a line in
qce is also ugly and crashes frequently.
Therefore I avoid to make any changes there

Thanks for the new shortcut and the info. :-)