Martin A. Hansen <maasha@image.dk> [2002-08-02 16:59:17 +0200]: > wrapping with vim tends to make double space after . > is that on purpose? should there be double space after finished sentenses? Generally, yes. An abreviation is indicated by a period. A sentence is too. An abbreviation does not mark a large thought and requires no pause after it. A sentence does end a thought and needs a bigger pause between thoughts. Therefore to distinquish sentences from abbreviations two spaces are generally used. This also sovles the text editor problem nicely. When you jump forward or backward by a sentence, how does the editor determine where the sentence starts or ends? Therefore that rule is the common rule for text editors such as vi, vim and emacs and probably many others. Bob
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