From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: paragraphs.el: do forward-sentence and friends not work? Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <7BC345E9-711F-48AE-AF7F-CD3C51E96A47@gmail.com> <692473D9-ADB4-4485-ADA7-B46DF6CCCD9E@gmail.com> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202955538 19635 80.91.229.12 (14 Feb 2008 02:18:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:18:58 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 14 03:19:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JPTh0-0008Af-BM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:19:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPTgW-0006UG-9g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPTgS-0006Tz-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPTgQ-0006TL-NW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPTgQ-0006TI-IZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-69-204-130-115.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.204.130.115] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPTgQ-0002pj-9f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:18:41 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:89038 Archived-At: > You need to set sentence-end-double-space to nil. That works. Why is this variable not nil by default? Because in North American English, the custom developed to end sentences with double spaces. With single spaces between sentences, I find text less readable. (I don't know the custom in UK English or in other languages.) In many ways, the custom is similar to that for punctuation: a semi-colon indicates a longer pause than a comma and a period indicates a longer pause than a semi-colon. (A `period' in American English is a `fullstop' in UK English. As far as I can see, the British word makes more sense than the American.) -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc