From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : Q2 - moving by sentences and what is considered to be a sentence
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:06:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfrmnnv5x.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d114e025-1979-9d2d-c6f0-e9220d3aeb8b@gmail.com
> Of course, we have only one space between literary sentences, at least if we
> talk about a normal human text. I've never met another behaviour.
In most books, there is a wider space after a "." that terminates
a sentence than after a "Mr." (and other abbreviations).
Whether this difference is reflected by adding an additional space
character in monospaced text depends on local conventions.
Apparently it was pretty common to do that in the US when using
a typewriter. This convention is also used in GNU Emacs's own code.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-16 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-14 23:51 Q2 - Tatsu Takamaro
2024-12-15 2:10 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-12-16 21:39 ` [External] : Q2 - moving by sentences and what is considered to be a sentence Tatsu Takamaro
2024-12-16 22:06 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2024-12-15 7:16 ` Q2 - Yuri Khan
2024-12-16 21:46 ` Q2 - moving by sentences and what is considered to be a sentence Tatsu Takamaro
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