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Re: [Groff] new automake system
From: |
Carsten Kunze |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] new automake system |
Date: |
Sat, 4 Oct 2014 21:00:46 +0200 (CEST) |
Clarke Echols <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/03/2014 05:37 PM, Bertrand Garrigues wrote:
>
> > It's OK for me to use 2 spaces after a full sentence. But I'm not used
> > to it, I've always been taught to use a single-space after a full stop
> > (French spacing ?!). I've just noticed that a lot of people on the list
> > use 2 spaces after a full stop. What is the main reason ? I googled on
> > this subject, I found out that two spaces are more traditional but less
> > and less used. Also, isn't groff by default displaying a single space
> > after a full stop ?
Hopefully not (but fortunately it uses correct double spacing by default).
> Two spaces at end of sentence is standard US usage on typewriters, and
> has been for a century or longer.
That is the point. But I too miss a request like LaTeXs \frenchspacing in
groff. It is tedious to always type \& after each full stop....
Carsten
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, (continued)
- [Groff] Double spacing after full stop (was: new automake system), Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system,
Carsten Kunze <=
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/04
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/10/05
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/05
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/08
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/10/08
Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ingo Schwarze, 2014/10/15
Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/10/16