So if the variable width font you are using already includes the proper amount of space after a period, about 1.5 "spaces", when you add an extra space after a period are you really putting 2.5 "spaces" after the period.
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 7:01 PM, SmarterBroadband <[email protected]> wrote: > I do 3 after a full stop. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gino A. Villarini > *Sent:* Monday, May 7, 2018 6:09 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: One space versus two spaces (again) > > > > Im a rebel, I use 3 spaces after a dot! 2 spaces after a coma! Lol! > > > > *From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Monday, May 7, 2018 at 8:04 AM > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: One space versus two spaces (again) > > > > I like spaces. > > > > But I want my tab key to add the correct amount of spaces for the indent. > > > > Fortunately it seems that most editors I use to edit code have a setting > to do just that. The ones that don't are a pain in the rear since I'm not > consistent in the use of tabs vs spaces since I expect my editor to do the > right thing and treat the tab key as a 'insert a few spaces for me' key. > > > > As far as single or double spaces... well, I'm a double spacing person > when I type, even though I know that a single space is considered 'better' > anymore due to modern typefaces inserting the correct amount of space with > only a single space. HTML also ignores double spaces by default, so most > of the web runs on single spaces. > > > > > > *Gino A. Villarini* > > President > > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > > On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 8:25 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Trivial stuff, the real meat is tabs versus spaces while programming... > > On 5/6/18 7:21 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Double spacers of the world unite. Everybody else can get the fu*k off > our lawn. > > -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2018 8:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: One space versus two spaces (again) > > You can tell someone's age by one or two spaces. For me that is what I > was taught and bugs the hell out of me when I see single space. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 6, 2018, at 5:49 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember there being a rather exuberant discussion a couple years ago > about the advantages/disadvantages and goodness/badness of putting a single > space after a sentence versus putting two spaces. The debate rages on, but > this one study suggests that putting two spaces makes sentences easier to > read. > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/ > wp/2018/05/04/one-space-between-each-sentence-they- > said-science-just-proved-them-wrong-2/?noredirect=on&utm_ > term=.b61d35728d29 > > > > -- > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > > > > > -- > > *Forrest Christian* *CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> > > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
