Hi Ingo,

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:39:07PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Mark Lumsden wrote on Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 06:47:40PM +0000:
> 
> > This diff allows a single space for sentence delimitation. 
> > ok/comments/objections?
> 
> No objection, but a comment.  Note that *using* the option is
> destructive.  Once you have replaced double spaces at the ends
> of sentences with single spaces, there is no algorithm short of
> computer linguistics that can take you back, because with that
> change, abbreviations become indistinguishable from full stops.
> 

You are correct though there is "undo".

> You might or might not want to mention that in the manual -
> depending on whether you consider it more important to prevent
> people from hurting themselves or to keep the manual concise.
>

I think conciseness is more important here.

Thanks for the comments.

mark

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