Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 20:47:19 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, FreeBSD Documentation Project <doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Style Challenge! Message-ID: <19991006204719.O86678@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991006175934.37031N-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> References: <19991006164309.A33390@mithrandr.moria.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.991006175934.37031N-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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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? I vote it goes all to two spaces after a period. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |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
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