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Re: [External] : Q2 - moving by sentences and what is considered to be a


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [External] : Q2 - moving by sentences and what is considered to be a sentence
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:06:27 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

> Of course, we have only one space between literary sentences, at least if we
> talk about a normal human text. I've never met another behaviour.

In most books, there is a wider space after a "." that terminates
a sentence than after a "Mr." (and other abbreviations).

Whether this difference is reflected by adding an additional space
character in monospaced text depends on local conventions.
Apparently it was pretty common to do that in the US when using
a typewriter.  This convention is also used in GNU Emacs's own code.


        Stefan




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