From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Aug 29 18:12:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA22847 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nexus.astro.psu.edu (nexus.astro.psu.edu [128.118.147.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA22841 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:12:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph@astro.psu.edu) Received: from mstar.astro.psu.edu by nexus.astro.psu.edu (4.1/Nexus-1.3) id AA10859; Sat, 29 Aug 98 21:11:52 EDT Received: by mstar.astro.psu.edu (SMI-8.6/Client-1.3) id VAA08895; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 21:11:46 -0400 Message-Id: <19980829211145.A8882@astro.psu.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 21:11:45 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt To: Wes Peters , Anatoly Vorobey Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: American English typography (no longer: make.conf) References: <199808290058.RAA20957@apollo.backplane.com> <19980829123759.B29560@keltia.freenix.fr> <19980829141614.09323@techunix.technion.ac.il> <35E83F10.1F1B5AF9@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <35E83F10.1F1B5AF9@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Sat, Aug 29, 1998 at 11:49:04AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Aug 29, 1998 at 11:49:04AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > When using proportional fonts, the correct typography is to use an > n-space between words and an m-space between sentences, IIRC. I > think MS-Word does this automagically; if you type a second space > following a period, it removes it. I hate it when my computer thinks > it is smarter than me! Hm... does it know about every conveivable abbreviation? That is, if "Dr." or "Mr." appears mid-sentence, it should an n-space following it. Likewise for some obscure or made-up abbreviation. LaTeX for example handles the spaces automatically, but since its knowledge of abbreviations is finite, there is a manual override (backslashes, of course). -- Matthew Hunt * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message