From: Elnatan Reisner <elnatanbcr@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 5438@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5438: 23.0.94; auto-fill-mode behaves strangely with periods near end of line
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:31:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B6C6E621-416E-4857-B592-4EB104703352@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvk4v9jd3y.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I am confused by how auto-fill deals with periods near the end of the
>> line. It seems that the determination of where to wrap is based not
>> only on spaces, but also on periods. That is, auto-fill seems to
>> search for the final space before the last column, but if that space
>> is preceded by a period, it looks back for the preceding space, and
>> so
>> on. I notice this
>
> I think you're seeing another feature of the system:
> sentence-end-double-space. It's usd among other things to prevent
> wrapping the line right after "e.g." or "Mr." and things like that.
>
> Stefan
Ah. This wasn't at all clear to me. Thank you for explaining.
-Elnatan
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2010-01-21 21:05 bug#5438: 23.0.94; auto-fill-mode behaves strangely with periods near end of line Elnatan Reisner
2010-01-23 11:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-01-24 18:31 ` Elnatan Reisner [this message]
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