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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:47:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>
Cc:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, FreeBSD Documentation Project <doc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
Subject:   Re: Style Challenge!
Message-ID:  <199910061747.NAA18497@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <19991006163329.5296A1D78@bone.nectar.com>

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On 06-Oct-99 Jacques Vidrine wrote:
> On 6 October 1999 at 11:55, John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> wrote:
>> Check the archives; we've already had this discussion (is this going
>> to
>> be the async-kernel syscalls debate of -doc?!?) and the final
>> decision
>> was to use two (2) spaces between sentences.
> 
> The way God(TM) intended!
> 
> Although I agree with Narvi that pure whitespace/formatting changes
> mostly just make it harder for the translators.  Don't go around 
> changing spaces after sentances unless you are already rewriting.

If any changes are made, they will just be whitespace and will be noted
so in the commit message in a seperate commit so that the translator
can ignore them.  :)

However, I don't see that happening any time soon unless someone is
really bored.

> Just my $0.02 !
> 
> Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org

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