Am 31.05.2016 um 22:31 schrieb Martin Owens: > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 22:17 +0200, Sylvain Chiron wrote: >> I have this existential question which pollutes my mind since I >> started >> translation in the Inkscape project: is it so common to write two >> spaces >> between a full stop/period and the sentence that follows in English >> prose? Or is it the fault of shaking fingers with the use of the >> ‘double-space becomes period then space’ feature with a mobile touch >> keyboard? I often saw those two spaces on the Inkscape website, >> enough >> to be able to think it can be a wished rule. What is the reason? > > Unless you insert a no-breaking-space ( ) into the document, all > spaces in html are counted as one space. The wysiwyg editor is the only > thing capable of inserting anything more. > > Rule wise, two spaces are not needed, we can always recode two spaces > formatting via code we want it later. A single space should be enough. > > Martin, >
The rule stems from old type-writer times, and some of our editors used type-writers before they used computers. It's just a matter of taste, and it's not necessary to remove the double spaces. Just write your new contents as you would normally do. Kind Regards, Maren > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, > J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity > planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e > > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
