Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:22:15 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r307951 - head/sysutils/sleuthkit Message-ID: <20121129152214.GA54704@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20121129130147.c5fcd6296c6bd967ca0745e4@FreeBSD.org> References: <201211290020.qAT0Kecl058401@svn.freebsd.org> <20121129020924.GC11624@FreeBSD.org> <20121129034450.f0d1802f0dd0c5c2396d1ebd@FreeBSD.org> <20121129032332.GA17732@FreeBSD.org> <20121129130147.c5fcd6296c6bd967ca0745e4@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:01:47PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote:
> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 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:
Yes, my point is that with 80-char width xterm, wrapping should be done 2-4
chars earlier. It gives clear indication of a line break (vs. automatic
wrapping that went unnoticed), 2-4 char buffer allows to tweak the text to
make the right margin less ragged and eye appealing, and reduces the chance
of reformatting when small (typically one-character) adjustment must be
done in that line. In your case, line that touches right boundary (i.e. 80
char line) is vulnerable to all these bugs.
> > Correct, because justified spacing normally does look ugly with
> > monospaced fonts. Double spacing (at the sentence breaks), on the
> > contrary, makes it look better. Please reconsider. I put a lot of
>
> Again: "your opinion"
No, this is more that just that. You might want to google for some researches
that had been carried out over the times WRT this issue. Wikipedia [1] should
give you a good start:
``It was felt that with the monospaced font used by a typewriter, "a single
word space ... was not wide enough to create a sufficient space between
sentences" and that extra space might help signal the end of a sentence,
rather than use of a mid-sentence abbreviation.''
It still applies to us since we're all are using monospaced fonts in our
terminals.
> > 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 ridiculous.
I merely said I've put a lot of work into port description, particularly
this one. I've tried to back up my views with reasonable, verifiable (and
arguable) facts and references, getting only Lebowski quotes back from you,
yet I'm being told to get my act together about collaborative work. I'm
really sorry to hear that from you Emanuel.
./danfe
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing
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