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From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Please review: rc file changes
In-Reply-To: <19990828052723.G25872@holly.calldei.com> from Chris Costello at "Aug 28, 1999 05:27:23 am"
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> On Fri, Aug 27, 1999, Doug wrote:
> > > > -# this file, but rather in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.  Please check this file
> > > > +# this file, but rather in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Please check that file
> 
> > 	Well, that was definitely the old typographical convention, but in
> > the digital age it's fallen into disfavor. It was easier to delete the
> > second space to make them all consistent, but I can go with double spaces
> > if that's the consensus. 
> 
>    I've never heard of that.  I've always found that two spaces
> after end-of-sentence punctuation makes things easier to read!
> 
>    (Don't think I don't appreciate this, I just love to nitpick. :)

I vote for two spaces after the period before the start of a new sentence.
Even in the digital age, I've always found that the two spaces make
for better reading of text.  I think that most of our formatting
tools do this too (please don't flame me if I'm wrong :-).

-Mike
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Mike Pritchard
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