From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Possible change to startup.el Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:23:56 +0900 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112308839 24340 80.91.229.2 (31 Mar 2005 22:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 01 00:40:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH8KP-0000HB-0p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:39:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH8bB-0001gq-3r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:57:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH8aB-0001F4-KQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:56:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH8a6-0001DD-Tm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:56:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH8Zf-0000hB-Um for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:55:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.200] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DH84z-0005Wy-5n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so441774wri for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:23:56 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=reHxU7BWQDeoDhG9DRHPZ3fPTCvVjBXPvTU3wap+/MqamwP637VrsusqxHYpwzA69aNJbTZ1fwzuv5WYzG7qpjlQflZD2ojxTUSwpb7SZDPriyboW/b5lE08230f7froIAJC1pR0xMcYclGwpQicRekefCem8qepy9tJ3dGKoa8= Original-Received: by 10.54.20.30 with SMTP id 30mr1385986wrt; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:23:56 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.54.19.32 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:23:56 -0800 (PST) Original-To: ttn@glug.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35445 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35445 On Apr 1, 2005 1:15 AM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > Why? It's still just as clunky no matter what you call it. > A period (or whatever) is a pointlessly awkward delimiter. > > whether or not it is clunky, the longer phrase is more accurate > in describing the algorithm (and its one parameter) desired. Instead of contorting the description, why not just use `forward-sentence', which will handle more languages correctly than a simple search for a period? [Perhaps binding `sentence-end-double-space' to nil to be more forgiving.] > I am tickled by the concept of a pointless period. No doubt. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.