From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 26 08:55:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB5F16A4E1 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D1543D45 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:55:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k7Q8tFx79223; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:55:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <007301c6c8ed$49e92ba0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= , "David J Brooks" , References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060825111756.02360a00@broadpark.no><200608250550.05345.daeg@houston.rr.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060825194508.023efe40@broadpark.no> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:54:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: Subject: Re: The Regents of the University of California. Allrights reserved. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:55:23 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyrre Nygård" To: "David J Brooks" ; Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: Re: The Regents of the University of California. Allrights reserved. > At 12:50 25.08.2006, David J Brooks wrote: > > >Back in the Jurassic era, when typewriters still roamed the earth, it was a > >convention to leave a double-space following a period so that the reader > >could more easily distinguish the end of a sentence. With the advent of word > >processors (and proportional fonts) this double-spacing convention lapsed. > > > >My guess is that the code for SSH was written by someone who learned to type > >on a typewriter, or was taught by someone who learned to type that way. > > > >David > >-- > >Sure the Almighty created the world in only six days, > >but He didn't have an established user-base. > > Thanks for the information Mr. Brooks, and I see you messed up the > subject line :) > > I just hope somebody with the know-how can submit a patch. > I'm sure that will get prioritized right up top with the patch to change the text color on the screen to green, to be more historically accurate for a UNIX console. Seriously, if someone were to make a large spelling error/typo patch with a hundred or so typo corrections on it, there might be some interest. Ted