Re: auto-fill breaks line too early

[David Combs]

In article <mailman.13738.1353812732.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> So I guess the oft-used M-x delete-trailing-whitespace screws up
>> any use of M-q?
>
>Why do you say that?  Did you try it?
>
>> ... it's a surprise to me that a period (or ! or ?, etc)
>> meant to end a sentence line requires two spaces, which is
>> fine in the middle of a line, would still obtain at the end
>> of a line.
>> 
>> Perhaps in that double-space mode the emacs user could avoid
>> ending a line with a period UNLESS that period was to mean
>> "end of sentence".
>> 
>> Like, he'd have to teach himself to never end a line with 
>> a mid-sentence abbreviation.  And he'd never get into that
>> mode except by deliberately invoking it, plus when he did
>> enter that mode a message would flash up warning him about
>> how NOT to end a line.
>
>It makes no difference whether a line ends in `.'.  M-q still respects the
>two-space rule if `sentence-end-double-space' is non-nil.
>
>Seems like you went to a lot of trouble (mis)interpreting the doc, without
>actually trying it.  (Unless of course I misunderstand what you are saying.)
>
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> Question: do other emacs users find delete-trailing-whitespace
>> useful?
>> 
>> Crazy idea?  Maybe in that two-spaces mode, delete-trailing-whitespace
>> would know to NOT remove two spaces following a sentence-ender?
>> 
>> 
>> A problem, all this.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> PS: And oh, yes, I very much like the two-spaces-between-sentences way
>> of entering and storing text.
>> 
>
>

Thanks for the info on that variable!

David