From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Bonow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: paragraphs.el: do forward-sentence and friends not work? Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:52:31 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20080213.215231.707648610.thorsten.bonow@post.rwth-aachen.de> References: <692473D9-ADB4-4485-ADA7-B46DF6CCCD9E@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202962803 3969 80.91.229.12 (14 Feb 2008 04:20:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: david.reitter@gmail.com, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, schwab@suse.de To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 14 05:20:22 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 1JPVaA-0001el-0F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:20:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPVZg-0003Z9-1d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:19:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPOb2-00007O-Cq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPOb1-00007C-Pq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPOb1-000079-Kd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:47 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPOb1-0006sx-8v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JPOb0-0004H8-Ul for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPOax-0006rw-NL for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from theater-sate.de ([81.169.138.67] helo=h93074.serverkompetenz.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPOax-0006r5-Ap for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:43 -0500 Original-Received: by h93074.serverkompetenz.net (Postfix, from userid 105) id 286127241D7; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:52:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from catweazle (pD9E24445.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.68.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by h93074.serverkompetenz.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733DD7241D6; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:52:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] ident=toto) by catweazle with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JPOal-0004Kn-KD; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:52:31 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Face: ,i\0yx1|cRm0qV.lmJ%Z(_0e-.@or]1; 7lZof/?"lf; yH3U0}^Fl+-=1/VPQ8u2aW-k_q3V +YG_z3tmNc,QQg=F`wZg9ZufzHu/CJ?(sz5h>5@5juZnD'V/Jxe#$B<{ X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2.52 on XEmacs 21.4.21 (Educational Television) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:19:47 -0500 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:89042 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21075 Archived-At: >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier writes: [...] Stefan> The problem is that "half the world" doesn't know that "the other Stefan> half" uses 2-spaces after a ".". So the docstring of Stefan> sentence-end-double-space should probably explain that this is a Stefan> convention used throughout North America (AFAICT). Funnily enough, this convention used in the English speaking world is called "french spacing" or---not joking---non french spacing. The meaning became reversed over time (in some countries). Wikipedia tries to enlighten fearless readers :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_spacing -- Contact information and PGP key at http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/thorsten.bonow When your world is full of strange arrangements And gravity wont pull you through You know youre missing out on something Well that something depends on you ABC -- The Look of Love