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Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine
From: |
Patrick McCarty |
Subject: |
Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:41:38 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:01:44AM -0700, Mark Polesky wrote:
>
> 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
Ak, okay. And the standards are silent about this issue when it comes
to documentation.
I'm not really for or against it then. :-) I will adjust if need be.
Thanks,
Patrick
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, (continued)
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Joe Neeman, 2009/07/12
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Joe Neeman, 2009/07/24
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Patrick McCarty, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Mark Polesky, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine,
Patrick McCarty <=
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Carl Sorensen, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Mark Polesky, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Trevor Daniels, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Anthony W. Youngman, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, David Kastrup, 2009/07/26
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/26
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, David Kastrup, 2009/07/26