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Neon Absentius <absent@sdf.lonestar.org> writes:
>On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 08:32:51PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> you can set the fill-column to its new value (i.e. 40) and
>> refill the paragraph by hitting M-q just once:
>>
>>     * This is a test message. This is a test
>>       message. This is a test message.This is a
>>       test message. This is a test message. This
>>       is a test message. This is a test
>>       message. This is a test message.  ^^^^^^^^
>>       ^^^^^^^^
>
> Before you start giving advice on filling don't you think that you
> should first fix yours?  You might want to have a look at the
> variable "sentence-end-double-space" for example.

In what ways does my personal preference for the current setting of
sentence-end-double-space affect the correctness or the usefulness of
the advice about filling?

Keep the irony to yourself the next time, thanks...