--- a/textshaper/split.py	Sun May 17 08:33:23 2015 -0700
+++ b/textshaper/split.py	Sun May 17 08:48:56 2015 -0700
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@
 def split_sentences(text, ends='.?!'):
     """split a text into sentences"""
 
+    text = text.strip()
+    sentences = []
+    _indices = indices(text, ends)
+
+    begin = 0
+    for index, value in _indices:
+        sentence = text[begin:index]
+        sentence += value
+        sentence.strip()
+        begin = index
+        if sentence:
+            sentences.append(sentence)
+    import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+
 def split_paragraphs(text):
 
     lines = [line.strip() for line in text.strip().splitlines()]
@@ -60,11 +74,13 @@
     text = ' '.join(text.split())
     #    paragraphs = split_paragraphs(text)
 
+    # find all sentences
     ends = '.?!'
+    sentences = split_sentences(text, ends)
 
-    # find all ending punctuation
-
-
+    # display
+    for sentence in sentences:
+        print (sentence)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()