Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine

[Mark Polesky]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Excellent!
> Then I nominate @frenchspacing (i.e., single-spaced sentences)
> be used for the English docs, consistent with the overwhelming
> majority of modern English typographic style guides and
> practice... Seconder? Opposed? Abstentions?

Seconder.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/OneSpaceorTwo/OneSpaceorTwo_questions01.html

Patrick McCarty wrote:
> Don't we want to be following the GNU Coding Standards?  They
> explicitly suggest using two spaces after a full stop.

The GNU Coding Standards specify two spaces after the end of
sentences in *comments* only. See paragraph 6:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Comments.html#Comments

- Mark