On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:31:28 +0100 Nick Hopton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a recent message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. > > [...] > >Fair enough, but I wouldn't like to see this pass without putting in > >my strongest possible support for the existing policy of forbidding > >extra white spaces. > > >Allowing extra white space, knowing that it will be wiped out by > >LaTeX, is at best useless, at worst misleading. > [...] > > In fact you can insert white space that won't be ignored by LaTeX by > inserting the sort of space you get by pressing the Alt-255 key > combination. This can sometimes be useful for fine formatting of > tables, for example. Of course - and you can get protected white spaces in any number of other ways by using other Latex constructs. But that is neither useless nor misleading. In my view, allowing "normal" spaces is both. Cheers, Alan > > Regards, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton > Caversham, Reading, England > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
