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Tue Jul 24 16:12:37 CEST 2007 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-July/073984.html

skip at pobox.com wrote:
> I'm with Barry.  I still use Emacs.  Emacs's paragraph filling algorithm,
> whether invoked explicitly via M-q or implicitly via auto-wrap mode,
> distinguishes the usage of periods based on the number of spaces following
> them.  Two or more spaces are used to separate sentences.  One space (for
> example, G. D. Montanaro) following a period is considered a non-breakable
> space.
> 
How very twentieth-century :-)

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  Steve
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