Text Editor Judo | One Sentence Per Line (OSPL)
In this video, we’re going to take a look at a different way of formatting paragraphs in Emacs (or any text editor): writing one sentence per line. This is an alternative to visual line wrapping, though you can still use wrapping if you want, I think it’s unhelpful in this instance.
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Poets write in lines, and prose writers think in paragraphs. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can all use lines.
If you have been using Org mode or Markdown, for some time, you are probably already familiar with this concept of writing in one simplified markup and then exporting to larger formats. This is especially helpful if you have different deliverables. For example, a writer may have one export document format for his critique group and one for professional manuscript submissions. With Org mode in Emacs, you can generate these multiple deliverables from one plain text master document.
Basically, writing in a simplified syntax is like “coding” a manuscript or document in plain text to be interpreted into another format.
In Org mode, the signifier for a new paragraph is a blank line. So I’ve found that it can be helpful to place sentences on new lines. And I’ll go into the reasons why.
Benefits of One Sentence Per Line:
Here are some of the benefits of the one-sentence-per-line trick:
Organize and transpose sentences with quick key commands.
Visualize the length of sentences, for pacing.
Get clearer version control diffs.
Improve readability for long paragraphs.
Determine how many sentences are in a paragraph (if you use relative line numbers).