Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 01:23:05 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Greg Lehey <grog@wantadilla.lemis.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Message-ID: <20000528012305.A33599@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20000528135144.B15565@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, May 28, 2000 at 01:51:45PM %2B0930 References: <200005280410.VAA60696@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000528135144.B15565@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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I am well aware that this has been discussed before. I recall some concensus that the two space is easier to read. That wasn't really my point, _HOWEVER_. My point was that I had to read the same message over and over repeatedly with only slight variations of wording and format, most adding little to the originals from Kris and Frank (offlist). It was pure coincidence (one assumes, anyways) that both of those two used two spaces. :) On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 01:51:45PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > IIRC we agreed to disagree in general on points of spelling and > punctuation which differ from one country to another, even though > we've agreed to stick to two spaces in the documentation project. I > think it's inappropriate to single people out because they choose to > use a different but valid punctuation convention from the one you do. > > In case you missed it, in England and Australia the convention is one > space after a full stop. > > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > -- Signature withheld by request of author. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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