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Date:      Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:26:01 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 29cbe944e928 - main - CONTRIBUTING.md: minor changes
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 10:00=E2=80=AFAM John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wro=
te:

> On 7/9/23 8:06 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 12:15=E2=80=AFAM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd=
.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 09:23:35PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
> >>> commit 29cbe944e9287c2e61928c456512d3990aaffdaa
> >>>
> >>>    CONTRIBUTING.md: minor changes
> >>>
> >>>    - Misspelled GitHub
> >>>    - angle bracket not escaped correctly
> >>>    - Double white spaces
> >>
> >> You've removed them, while they are typically used after full stops
> >> as texts render better with them unless you're using proportional
> >> font.
> >>
> >
> > It's the modern way....   but  WuerfelDev also had a commit that backed
> > that part out that I didn't fold in...
> > I'm still torn since I see so many conflicting things about it :(
> >
> > I'm leaning towards putting them back.
>
> FWIW, I still use monospace fonts for code and thus still use double spac=
es
> for the reason Alexey stated.  Reading code in proportional fonts (where
> spacing is naturally wider at sentence breaks) is not really viable with
> style(9) which mixes tabs with spaces for indentation.
>

OK. I've just pushed the other half of 788 where the submitter backed out
the removal
of the double spaces. And now I know why they should remain.

Warner

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 10:00=E2=80=
=AFAM John Baldwin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jhb@freebsd.org">jhb@freebsd.org</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On=
 7/9/23 8:06 PM, Warner Losh wrote:<br>
&gt; On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 12:15=E2=80=AFAM Alexey Dokuchaev &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:danfe@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">danfe@freebsd.org</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 09:23:35PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; commit 29cbe944e9287c2e61928c456512d3990aaffdaa<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 CONTRIBUTING.md: minor changes<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Misspelled GitHub<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - angle bracket not escaped correctly<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Double white spaces<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; You&#39;ve removed them, while they are typically used after full =
stops<br>
&gt;&gt; as texts render better with them unless you&#39;re using proportio=
nal<br>
&gt;&gt; font.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; It&#39;s the modern way....=C2=A0 =C2=A0but=C2=A0 WuerfelDev also had =
a commit that backed<br>
&gt; that part out that I didn&#39;t fold in...<br>
&gt; I&#39;m still torn since I see so many conflicting things about it :(<=
br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;m leaning towards putting them back.<br>
<br>
FWIW, I still use monospace fonts for code and thus still use double spaces=
<br>
for the reason Alexey stated.=C2=A0 Reading code in proportional fonts (whe=
re<br>
spacing is naturally wider at sentence breaks) is not really viable with<br=
>
style(9) which mixes tabs with spaces for indentation.<br></blockquote><div=
><br></div><div>OK. I&#39;ve just pushed the other half of 788 where the su=
bmitter backed out the removal</div><div>of the double spaces. And now I kn=
ow why they should remain.</div><div><br></div><div>Warner=C2=A0</div></div=
></div>

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