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(efaq)Filling paragraphs with a single space

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How can I tell Emacs to fill paragraphs with a single space after each period?
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   Ulrich Mueller <ulm@vsnhd1.cern.ch> suggests adding the following
two lines to your `.emacs' file:

     (setq sentence-end "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\|[ \t]\\)[ \t\n]*")
     (setq sentence-end-double-space nil)