I updated the patch to match a change, since you posted this, from 70 to 72 in .def and 'maxformatwidth' to ' limit' in formatparagraph. I also added a 'guard' value of 72 in case GetOption returns None (as it did before I changed the option name). I checked that there is no instance of 'para' other than in 'param' in configDialog and ran the tests. I view the attached as ready to commit to 3.4 and merge to 3.5. In 2.7, the patch applies cleanly to the files other that configDialog. The problem there is  frameEncoding stuff in the context that is not present in 3.4 or the patch.  I would just hand edit the 2.7 file to delete the lines again.

Would you like to push this as your first commit?