Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:27:04 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017030425.b95013@mired.org> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/36042: [PATCH] There's not a good description of shared builds in the handbook Message-ID: <15512.3992.905972.279159@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <mfr8mf98vb.8mf@localhost.localdomain> References: <200203192120.g2JLK3o17280@freefall.freebsd.org> <mfr8mf98vb.8mf@localhost.localdomain>
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In <mfr8mf98vb.8mf@localhost.localdomain>, Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net> typed: > Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017004489.c7e726@mired.org> writes: > > In <20020319100000.A57951@sumuk.de>, Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> typed: > > > Please put two spaces at the end of sentences. > > > > I don't write for 19th century schoolmarms. If the target format > > requires that ugly anachronism, it should be taken care of by the > > style sheet or the formatter. If they can't do that, give me . > > and I'll use that. Or let us use -- instead of —. > > The format of Martin's concern (I'm guessing) is not any proportional- > font target like a printed sheet or a browser's page view, but the > fixed-pitch raw text, which also has readers. The double space > convention was, I suspect, not first required by schoolmarms, but by > early readers of fixed-pitch typing. It was good advice for a hundred > years and it still is. (Though some would prefer a "newline", in these > kinds of raw documents. :) You're saying he wants the raw text formatted the way he would like to read it. Personally, I disagree with you and prefer one space after a period, even in fixed pitch text. That's why I wrote it that way. This is the first time anyone's ever objected to that practice in the documentation I've submitted. I don't see anything in the instructions for submitting documentation to the project on this, or a manual page in section 7 that looks relevant. Personally, I think raising hurdles for those volunteering to write documentation is a bad idea. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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