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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.
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