Re: Periods in TB editor
Hello Lynn, On Mon, 18 May 2009 17:01:52 -0700 GMT (19/May/09, 7:01 +0700 GMT), Lynn wrote: BR I have since read that the new standard (from Microsoft, anyway) is BR that a single space between sentences is preferable. L That, right there, should be reason to make the double space between L sentences the default! No. Just only because it's not true; it wasn't Microsoft's making, but they just followed the modern times. L I was taught to double space after periods too, but when it became L possible to have proportional type on typewriters, this double L space went away. That's more likely the cause of the change than a company marketing computer software. Typewriters evolved. L Typesetters don't use double spaces. Is that any indication of what is right or wrong? MS never did typesetting AFAIK. L Most people choose proportional fonts in word processors, so don't L use the double space. I don't the use double space, and I prefer fix-font rather than proportinal font. L So .. it's more a monospace font/typewriter thing than an general rule. No, I think it's a culture thing. In Europe (well, Germany) we never learned double-spacing after a period, and that is true for both myself and my mother. I later learned that in setting books (with proportinal fonts), double spacing after the period is normal. At least in the English language, I would actually have to wake up dear old Aunt Google to check whether this would be true for German as well. L But I agree that it is more pleasing visually, and therefore L probably makes your message more readable when using monospace L fonts. It's a matter of taste. I am surprised (and happy for those who want to use it) to learn that TB! accomodates double-spacing. Another feature I won't use... -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.1.11 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Periods in TB editor
Hello Gene, On Mon, 18 May 2009 19:06:59 -0400 GMT (19/May/09, 6:06 +0700 GMT), Gene Brown wrote: GB I know that the current convention is to use only a single space, GB but I learned my typing composition in ancient times when manual GB typewriters roamed the earth and this is how I learned to do it. I feel with you. But then, nostalgia isn't what it used to be either, is it. GB And it's not just habit--I like the aesthetics of it. A single GB space after a comma is fine, but the flow of reading and GB appearance would really appreciate a double space after a period. GB Any thoughts? Matter of taste. I don't know about any law that requires you to be arrested either way. GB (By the way, this message has been edited to include a double space GB after the periods. Has anyone even noticed?) I have. This is what used to be done in old English books. I would even have to look whether it's still done nowadays. Looks kind of funny to me in a fixed font, but YMMV. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.1.11 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Periods in TB editor
This has annoyed me for some time and I'm only now getting around to asking about it because it's not really a big deal. When composing an email message, my preference is to put two spaces after a period (full stop) in the message, but the TB editor insists on only one space. Even when I go back and try to insert an additional space, the editor corrects (?) it to a single space. Is there a way to fix this? After I've composed a message, I can click on Auto-Format (which doesn't usually change anything in the text or format) and then go back and insert my requisite spaces, but this is kind of a PITA and also allows me to insert errors while I'm fooling around with my space issue. I know that the current convention is to use only a single space, but I learned my typing composition in ancient times when manual typewriters roamed the earth and this is how I learned to do it. And it's not just habit--I like the aesthetics of it. A single space after a comma is fine, but the flow of reading and appearance would really appreciate a double space after a period. cl Any thoughts? (By the way, this message has been edited to include a double space after the periods. Has anyone even noticed?) -- Running The Bat! version 4.0.24 under Windows XP Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Periods in TB editor
[Reply to: »Gene Brown« · 2009-05-19 · 01:06 h (CET)] Moin, Gene! This has annoyed me for some time and I'm only now getting around to asking about it because it's not really a big deal. When composing an email message, my preference is to put two spaces after a period (full stop) in the message, but the TB editor insists on only one space. Even when I go back and try to insert an additional space, the editor corrects (?) it to a single space. Is there a way to fix this? MicroEd? – Try Options|Preferences…|Viewer/Editor|Editor preferences: a) Disable Automatic Formatting or b) Enable Double space between sentences HTH Cheers! VA - -- Direct eMail without [The Bat!] in subject line will end in Nirvana! mailto:va%20%3...@ahrendt.net%3e?subject=[the%20bat%21]%20 Using The Bat! 4.1.11.29 (BETA) [Pro] on Windows XP [Pro] Service Pack 3. »Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.« Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), »The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy« Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Periods in TB editor
Hi Volker,
Monday, May 18, 2009, 5:25:58 PM, you wrote:
[Reply to: »Gene Brown« · 2009-05-19 · 01:06 h (CET)]
[snip]
space. Even when I go back and try to insert an additional space,
the editor corrects (?) it to a single space. Is there a way to fix
this?
MicroEd? – Try Options|Preferences…|Viewer/Editor|Editor preferences:
a) Disable Automatic Formatting
or
b) Enable Double space between sentences
I had the latter option available (not the first). As a matter of
grammatical structure, I was raised ('way back before Woodrow Wilson
was President, per MAU) and taught that there should be two spaces
between sentences when typing (on an old manual typewriter). I have
since read that the new standard (from Microsoft, anyway) is that a
single space between sentences is preferable.
Bob Riley
Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information:
http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Periods in TB editor
On Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:25:58 PM, Volker wrote: MicroEd? – Try Options|Preferences…|Viewer/Editor|Editor preferences: a) Disable Automatic Formatting or b) Enable Double space between sentences HTH Cheers! VA Thank you, thank you. It works. Why didn't I see this before? -- Running The Bat! version 4.0.24 under Windows XP Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
