On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 09:41:17 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > On 10/12/11 9:37 AM, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > On 10/12/11 15:31, Glen Barber wrote: > >> On 10/12/11 9:27 AM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 17:29:26 +0000, Glen Barber wrote: > >>>> gjb 2011-10-10 17:29:26 UTC > >>>> > >>>> FreeBSD doc repository > >>>> > >>>> Modified files: > >>>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall chapter.sgml > >>>> Log: > >>>> Use two spaces between end of sentence and beginning of sentence. > >>>> > >>>> Revision Changes Path > >>>> 1.9 +10 -10 > >>>> doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.sgml > >>> > >>> Why oh why? Please stop doing that, it's pointless, annoying and will > >>> get lost with paragraph reformatting eventually and is not significant > >>> in the generated output. > >>> > >> > >> It follows the FDP standards as noted directly before Chapter 10.1 here: > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style.html > >> > > > > From what I've come to understand it does not matter for the rendered > > output. > > The only "significant" spaces in SGML/HTML output is " ". > > > It makes the source (i.e. sgml file) more readable though. > > In addition to being "proper" writing style.
Yes, the 20th century called and wants you to return your typewriter. Please stop this double-spaced end of sentence madness. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html Cheers, Uli _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
