From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 7 12:25: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDFC215274 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:25:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 14737 invoked from network); 7 Oct 1999 19:24:47 -0000 Received: from useraf05.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.131.246) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 7 Oct 1999 19:24:47 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id UAA00398; Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:24:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:24:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Chris Costello Cc: Narvi , Neil Blakey-Milner , FreeBSD Documentation Project Subject: Re: Style Challenge! Message-ID: <19991007202402.B316@marder-1> References: <19991006164309.A33390@mithrandr.moria.org> <19991006204719.O86678@holly.calldei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991006204719.O86678@holly.calldei.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 1999, Narvi wrote: > > > It's much more readable in my opinion, and it does seem to be the way > > > things are being done currently. > > > > > > > They aren't. About half of the articles are that way. > > > > The same applies to the handbook. A lot of the periods have only one space > > following them. > > > > I would vote for removing the double periods, not expanding the others to > > two. Or leaving them alone. > > Two periods after the end of a sentence makes it much easier > to read. Ever find yourself not seeing the end of a sentence in > poorly formatted writing and making yourself sound like an idiot > if reading aloud? > Surely the main visual cue to the start of a new sentence is the capital letter? The only ambiguous case I can think of is a sentence starting with the word "I". > I vote it goes all to two spaces after a period. Why does it really matter, especially in a proportional font? > > -- > |Chris Costello > |LISP: To call a spade a thpade. > `---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message