Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:19:20 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:32:15 +0200
> From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> 
> 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.