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Re: auto-fill breaks line too early
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: auto-fill breaks line too early |
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Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:25:47 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.11206.1350549236.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> Hi,
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>
> the doc of `fill-paragraph' reveals the mystery:
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> | If `sentence-end-double-space' is non-nil, then period followed by one
> | space does not end a sentence, so don't break a line there.
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> The default value is t. So, no, it's not a bug. Customize
> `sentence-end-double-space' to nil to change the behavior.
And if you want to understand the rationale for this, see a very similar
thread from 3-4 weeks ago.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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