From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Slawomir Nowaczyk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence? Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:28:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20050907122410.5AC9.SLAWOMIR.NOWACZYK.847@student.lu.se> References: <431eb51f$0$18641$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1126092831 13566 80.91.229.2 (7 Sep 2005 11:33:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 07 13:33:50 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ECyAO-0001eR-RU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:32:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ECyEv-0008IS-3e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ECxaW-0006Z3-LQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ECxaT-0006Yc-SH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:55:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ECxWt-0005Z5-Es for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:51:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [130.235.16.11] (helo=himmelsborg.cs.lth.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ECxEy-0006v3-9K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (slawek@dain [130.235.16.76]) by himmelsborg.cs.lth.se (8.12.11/8.12.11/perf-jw-tr) with ESMTP id j87ASppn008541 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:28:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Esmandil_Citation: done X-Mailer-Plugin: Popup Memopad for Becky!2 Ver.0.02 Rev.2 X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.04 [en] X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29286 Archived-At: On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:50:24 +0200 Henrik Andersson wrote: #> >>One question, why does M-a and M-e not move to beginning/end of #> >>sentences, but paragraphs, when the description clearly says that they #> >>are moving around sentences. Are there a different function that will do #> >>this? #> > See `C-h f forward-sentence RET' and `C-h v sentence-end RET'. #> Ok, I read but do not fully understand, does it mean I need two #> spaces separating sentences? If your value of sentence-end-double-space is non-nil, then yes. If you don't want to end your sentences with two spaces, just customise this variable: M-x customize-variable RET sentence-end-double-space -- Best wishes, Slawomir Nowaczyk ( slawomir.nowaczyk.847@student.lu.se ) The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.