Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:12:20 +0100 From: Marcus von Appen <mva@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r307951 - head/sysutils/sleuthkit Message-ID: <20121129161220.Horde.D_fCbElCcOxQt3tUzjw2W-A@webmail.df.eu> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_czXHfckjp1%2BG0TKmY49bySYFUhpgf1M%2BH___T%2BPT8_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <201211290020.qAT0Kecl058401@svn.freebsd.org> <20121129020924.GC11624@FreeBSD.org> <20121129034450.f0d1802f0dd0c5c2396d1ebd@FreeBSD.org> <20121129032332.GA17732@FreeBSD.org> <20121129130147.c5fcd6296c6bd967ca0745e4@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83_czXHfckjp1%2BG0TKmY49bySYFUhpgf1M%2BH___T%2BPT8_A@mail.gmail.com>
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Zitat von Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>: > On 29 Nov 2012 12:02, "Emanuel Haupt" <ehaupt@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 03:44:50AM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> > > I would say this is opinionated. I think it looks better that way. >> > > I've always removed double spaces (which most of the time were >> > > introduced trough copy pasting from webpages/manpages) in the past. >> > >> > And others were adding them back. This is totally bogus situation, we >> > should not adhere to different standards. >> > >> > Also 80-char limit is normally should be lowered down to 78 or even >> >> As 'the dude' would say: >> "yeah well, that's just like your opinion man" >> >> > 76 in some case if formatting looks better (more even at the right >> > edge), previous version complied to this as well. Now 'Mac' in the >> > line 7 touches the screen edge; the whole right edge is uneven. You >> > still thing it looks better, seriously? >> >> To me yes. The terminals xterm, rxvt, aterm, eterm all have a 80 >> character width: >> >> > http://critical.ch/people/fbsd/standard-term-width-settings-xterm-rxvt-aterm-eterm.png >> >> > > --- begin quote --- >> > > Please be careful if you are copying from the README or manpage; too >> > > often they are not a concise description of the port or are in an >> > > awkward format (e.g., manpages have justified spacing). >> > > --- end quote --- >> > >> > Correct, because justified spacing normally does look ugly with >> > monospaced fonts. Double spacing (at the sentense breaks), on the >> > contrary, makes it look better. Please reconsider. I put a lot of >> >> Again: "your opinion" >> >> > thought into our port descriptions and it's really sad to see my work >> > destroyed. >> >> FreeBSD is a large project with > 400 committers and many more highly >> motivated active contributors. I would suggest you get familiar with >> the concept of people having different opinions. Accusing others of not >> caring or destroying "your work" (really? please...) is just rediculous. > > English text is rendered by LaTeX with double spaces between sentences (not > always after periods). Other languages (French for example) are not. > > Whatever your opinion on the matter, standard technical English should have > double spaces after periods in monospaced fonts. Of course, word processed And that's your personal opinion. I could introduce you to 5 typographers, who would give you 8 different opinions on that topic :-). Cheers Marcus (who feels sorry to answer as well and will (or will not) ignore any further comment on that topic)
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