Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:19:20 +0200 From: "Eli Zaretskii" Sender: halo1 AT zahav DOT net DOT il To: lauras AT softhome DOT net Message-Id: <1659-Thu17Aug2000131920+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> X-Mailer: Emacs 20.6 (via feedmail 8.2.emacs20_6 I) and Blat ver 1.8.5b CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <399BB11F.AB6F6A48@softhome.net> (message from Laurynas Biveinis on Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:32:15 +0200) Subject: Re: open() patch (2nd try) References: <399AED46 DOT 7E53A0BB AT softhome DOT net> <1190-Thu17Aug2000005625+0300-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> <399B9550 DOT B9B14A77 AT softhome DOT net> <8011-Thu17Aug2000115617+0300-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> <399BB11F DOT AB6F6A48 AT softhome DOT net> Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:32:15 +0200 > From: Laurynas Biveinis > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > AFAIK, Emacs doesn't type the extra space for you. It only inserts > > two spaces when you fill a paragraph (to make it fit between left and > > right margins), if it converts a newline to a space, but otherwise the > > extra space is for you to type. > > There is something about it in its FAQ and manual. Yes, but that's for the reverse case: when the user wants Emacs to recognize sentences which end with a dot and a single space. > I don't know for sure; I'm just learning emacs yet. But I've got an > impression that it is possible, with all those infamous emacs > features. I'm not aware of such a feature, but it might well be there somewhere: Emacs is so large and new features are added so rapidly, that even my 10+ years of experience and involvement in the development cannot save me from missing important features. It is very easy to get the `.' key to produce ". " for you, and do that only in Texinfo and other text-relatemodes, but perhaps it will annoy you, because not every period neds a sentence. Personally, I simply got used to typing two spaces. You might consider posting a question to gnu.emacs.help, there are a few very helpful and knowledgeable people there who could help.