>> The patch below fixes the bug. It assumes that more than one
>> successive periods should allow breaking even if they are followed
>> by just one space.
>>
>> That's not correct--it SHOULD demand two spaces or a newline,
>> after three periods, just as it does after one period.
> Why? A single period can signify a part of an abbreviation, like in
> Richard M. Stallman, but I can't see three periods doing the same.
IIRC the problem is what to do when filling
foo bar...
baz
Should it turn into
foo bar... baz
or
foo bar... baz
By making "bar... baz" unbreakable we make sure that we can always choose
the second option.
Stefan
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