I have been told vehemently that TWO spaces should be put between sentences and just as insistently that such is old hat. If it affects appearance then it counts as a problem as it would since the line breaks inappropriately.
Bart Alberti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Heilke" <[email protected]> To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [Scribus] word wrap error > Gregory Pittman wrote: > > > I'm not sure about the UK, but I know in the US, typists/word > > processors usually put two spaces between sentences, and this is > > perhaps where Scribus has a problem. Since we're in such a habit of > > typing two spaces between sentences, Scribus needs to allow for this. > > Just to clarify a touch, the "two space" habit is a hold-over from > typewriters and when computers only had fixed-width fonts. Whenever you > have proportional fonts, this is considered unacceptable (at least it is > here in Canada). Not to criticize, but I'm surprised anyone does this > any more. > > This is not to say Scribus is behaving correctly, but I wouldn't > consider this a bug. I'd mark this as a non-critical enhancement. > > Just my 1.5 cents. > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
