Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:03:49 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions Message-ID: <20000602180349.A232@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000602022954.A44300@keltia.freenix.fr>; from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr on Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:29:54AM %2B0200 References: <20000601111501.A11561@sophos.com> <FCEELIAEIIECDGKKJLMIKECDCAAA.troy@picus.com> <20000601141807.A40162@keltia.freenix.fr> <8h6k9a$6ke$1@bigeye.mips.inka.de> <20000602022954.A44300@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:29:54AM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Christian Weisgerber: > > The block fill functions of some editors as well as fmt(1) give it > > away, too. > > Xemacs seems to respect the two spaces fortunately. > Unless you add this to ~/.emacs: ;;Fill paragraphs with a single space after each full stop (setq sentence-end "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\|[ \t]\\)[ \t\n]*") (setq sentence-end-double-space nil) > > I trust you already noticed that English doesn't share the French > > habit of putting a space before '?' and '!'? > > Yes. Don't like it though :-) > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 5.0-CURRENT #79: Sun May 28 01:27:10 CEST 2000 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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