From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 9 21:42:51 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9BD766; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 21:42:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 228471EAE; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 21:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r69LgnJ1048908; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:42:49 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id r69LgnIv048905; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:42:49 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:42:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Gabor Kovesdan Subject: Re: svn commit: r42201 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/docbook-markup In-Reply-To: <51DC7984.4080106@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: References: <201307090627.r696RuOg076372@svn.freebsd.org> <51DC7984.4080106@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:42:50 -0600 (MDT) Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Warren Block X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:42:51 -0000 On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > Em 09-07-2013 21:13, Benjamin Kaduk escreveu: >>> Remove a confusing paragraph whose net contribution is negative. Remove >>> some   from "Ports Collection", it's unnecessary. Make one example >> >> Was this discussed anywhere? I am seeing a pretty long precedent for the >> non-breaking space. > Indeed it wasn't discussed but I think that these non-breaking spaces should > be reconsidered. I had added the   to the Ports Collection in the word list very recently, then saw that it really made no sense to force those two words to be on the same line. > Typography rules and conventions are language-dependent. For example, in > Hungarian it is not nice to end a line with a sentence-starting single-letter > article. Afaik, English does not have such rules, except widows and orphans, > which are more concerned with aesthetics. It is reasonable to avoid a line > break between FreeBSD and 9.X or similar cases but probably not for such long > terms as Ports Collection. Actually, it may just hit back because it may make > justified paragraphs very ugly in our print formats. Exactly.