Wayne Alligood wrote: > I took typing for three years while in school. Two years for 'mechanics' > and one year for 'speed effiency'. In those years, I was taught that two > spaces appeared after a period. With this knowledge, I have typed that > way throughout my adult life; however, I have noticed of late, that many > in the computer world use only 'one' space after the period. Is this a > normal habit in the world of computing? Is it 'one' or 'two' spaces > after the period? Can someone tell me that really knows? No opinions > mind you, just the facts.
According to L. Lamports LateX manual, extra space is added after space by some publishing traditions. LaTeX offers \frenchspacing and \nonfrenchspacing to turn off and on (respectively) this behaviour. (Of course, it's not quite that simple... extra space should /not/ be added after abbreviations, which makes a bit of micromangement of this aspect neccessary, even in LaTeX.) -- regards, Esben home.worldonline.dk/~mesben (danish site)
