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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: tealeg@gmail.com, 70832@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70832: 30.0.50; repunctuate-sentences should respect sentence-end-double-space
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 10:08:45 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <867cfz1p8i.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86bk5bzf85.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Sun, 12 May 2024 09:58:05 +0300)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Geoffrey Teale <tealeg@gmail.com>,  70832@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 09:58:05 +0300
> 
> >> In paragraphs.el there is a variable  'sentence-end-doulbe-space` that indicates where we should expect
> >> sentences to end with one or two spaces after a period. In the same file a command is provided called
> >> "repunctuate-sentences", which steadfastly ignores the value of this variable and expands all single-space
> >> endings to two-space endings.
> >>
> >> It strikes me that the naming of this command does not imply that it will insist on two-spaces (even if the docs
> >> say so), and it would be more sensible and offer more utility for it to respect the users wishes.  As the variable
> >> default to `t, changing this function would have zero impact on the default behaviour.
> >
> > Patches to allow repunctuate-sentences heed the value of
> > sentence-end-double-space are welcome.
> 
> The purpose of repunctuate-sentences is
> to put two spaces at the end of sentences.
> What should it do when sentence-end-double-space is nil?

Leave just one space between sentences, I think.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-12  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-08 10:21 bug#70832: 30.0.50; repunctuate-sentences should respect sentence-end-double-space Geoffrey Teale
2024-05-11  9:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-12  6:58   ` Juri Linkov
2024-05-12  7:08     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-12 16:30       ` Juri Linkov
2024-05-12 17:20         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-13  6:50           ` Juri Linkov
2024-05-13  7:39             ` Geoffrey Teale
2024-05-25  7:48               ` Eli Zaretskii

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