[good discussion about end-of-sentences deleted]
> I have no idea if there is any way to tell fmt to only use one space
> after a sentence. I could not find one. I could see that as being a
Considering that -u says it puts in 2 spaces at the end of a sentence,
I expect not using -u *not* to do it. I am obviously wrong.
> reasonable extension. I personally like the default and it
> corresponds to what I expect when typing in prose.
Oh well. Nice for you. As is, it's good for Americans, of limited
use to others.
> However, as in any typesetting forum, I am sure there can be endless
> debate on how things look.
This is not a discussion about how things look best. It is about GNU
fmt being unable to do a certain job.
> Looking at this paragraph you will see that I stick to the convention
> and use two spaces after sentences. Many programs expect this, emacs
> and vi among them and those editors use that convention to move by
> sentences forward and backward. There is a long history of this style
> and fmt is an old program which matches that convention.
Fine. Personally, I don't care about any of those editors (the first I
delete after installing linux). Coming back to the point:
If -u inserts 2 spaces at the end of a sentence, and the default (i.e. not
using -u) does the same, can we have another switch to disable this (to
me personally annoying) behaviour. The alternative would be to look for
a tool which actually gets the job done, if the majority should decide
that they like GNU fmt as it is.
Volker
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