On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Simon, > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:09:33PM +0200, Simon Paillard wrote: > > 21:50 < CIA-4> debian-www: kreutzm * > > webwml/english/News/weekly/2008/01/index.wml: Remove superflous whitespaces > > after full stop > .... > > > 1/ Two whitespaces after full stop are correct in english !! > > That's new to me. For example in the Debconf templates, the agreement > (on debian-l10n-english!) was for using only one space. And as long as > I remember (but I might remember wrong) the standard was on one whitespace > in the English version. But anyhow, this should be consistent, the current > DPN uses both conventions (i.e. single and double spaces), I don't mind > which one is used.
The standard for things which are using dynamically spaced fonts is a single space.[1] In HTML (and LaTeX) it doesn't matter, though, because multiple spaces collapse. Putting in two spaces is just a waste of time, and changing it from one to two or two to one, doubly so. Don Armstrong 1: There's also no consensus that two spaces after a period is right for monospaced fonts either: it's a matter of personal preference. -- EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN Don't be teased or humiliated. See their look of surprise when you step right up to a urinal and use it with a smile. Get Dr. Mary Evers' EQUAL-NOW Adapter (pat. appld. for) -- purse size, fool proof, sanitary -- comes in nine lovely, feminine, psychedelic patterns -- requires no fitting, no prescriptions. -- Robert A Heinlein _I Will Fear No Evil_ p470. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]