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Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine
From: |
Carl Sorensen |
Subject: |
Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:45:37 -0600 |
On 7/25/09 12:01 PM, "Mark Polesky" <address@hidden> 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_questi
> ons01.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
Two spaces after a full stop allows the emacs sentence detection code to
work properly.
@frenchspacing eliminates the extra space after the full stop at the end of
the sentence.
Aren't we glad we use typesetting software instead of WYSIWYG word
processors? We can separate content from presentation. Two spaces to make
emacs work, @frenchspacing to make the docs work.
Let's keep the two space rule for our documentation!
Carl
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, (continued)
- 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, 2009/07/25
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine,
Carl Sorensen <=
- 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
- Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine, Kieren MacMillan, 2009/07/26