> This has clearly veered off topic, and I'm just waiting for a > moderator > comment... :)
Well. The question itself (while a accidental mispost to this list) was essentially on topic. If we get any further into server-side code I'll suggest it go onto the CMS list. Personally, I think the double space is not important on the web (or even in a printed document) and my default position is to remove and double spaces from content but if client specifically asked for the ability to do it in a CMS (depending on the input method, inline html editor or textarea input) I'd search for a double space following a period and replace it with . (on output to the html page) leaving it up to them to be careful about their space bar usage. It's their website afterall and while I regard it as not "best practice" because it could be considered presentation, it isn't invalid. If that text was to be re-purposed (for metadata or a news feed etc.) then the filter would not be applied. The data remains free of that way. I have a much bigger problem mis-using the <i> element for this purpose but I am in the minority that believes that the <i> element is still important when you want to specify italics instead of emphasis (for Latin species names etc.) which is a similar historic argument to a double space. P ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
