Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-08 Thread Gary Hull
Well, I did say it was a can of worms. Let's discuss the positioning of periods and commas relative to quotation marks instead. On 8 Jun 2015, at 12:46, Eric A. Meyer wrote: I'll offer my own but of insight: Butterick is right that it doesn't matter. I just wish he and those who follow his

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-08 Thread Muster Hans
On 8 Jun 2015, at 7:53, John Purnell wrote: Steve Losh eloquently puts forward the case for 2 spaces: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/why-i-two-space/ Nice find, thanks. Coincidentally I had a similar autocorrect problem with EagleFiler just yesterday. You can switch off autocorrection

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 7 Jun 2015, at 20:02, Alan Goldsmith alangoldsm...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, was composing in Markdown. I like two spaces after a period, though I know it's not the standard anymore. I guess, what you effectively want is a wider space than normal. IMO typing two normal spaces is not the

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Alan Goldsmith
Yes, was composing in Markdown. I like two spaces after a period, though I know it's not the standard anymore. On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Ben Klebe benkl...@icloud.com wrote: Oh I guess OP is not composing in plain text? My apologies. Sincerely, Ben Klebe On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Ben Klebe
The autocorrect is system-wide in Cocoa text fields. To change it, go to System Preferences - Keyboard - Text and uncheck “Correct spelling automatically.” Strangely though I can’t replicate this behavior and furthermore why would you want two spaces after a period? Sincerely, Ben Klebe On

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Billy Youdelman
Using the composer's plain text mode seems to be one way. As can be seen here. Two spaces. ビリー ヨーデルマん +1 310 839 7673 http://MIX.ORG/ ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com http://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Ben Klebe
Oh I guess OP is not composing in plain text? My apologies. Sincerely, Ben Klebe On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Billy Youdelman bi...@mix.com wrote: Using the composer's plain text mode seems to be one way. As can be seen here. Two spaces. ビリー ヨーデルマん +1 310 839 7673 http://MIX.ORG/

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread John Purnell
Steve Losh eloquently puts forward the case for 2 spaces: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/why-i-two-space/ On 2015-06-08, at 05:54 +0200, Ben Klebe benkl...@icloud.com wrote: No, he’s saying that when the practice began doesn’t matter because it’s not part of 21st century typography.

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Ben Klebe
No, he’s saying that when the practice began doesn’t matter because it’s not part of 21st century typography. Sincerely, Ben Klebe On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Eric A. Meyer e...@meyerweb.com wrote: I'll offer my own but of insight: Butterick is right that it doesn't matter. I just

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Gary Hull
On 8 Jun 2015, at 9:40, Eric A. Meyer wrote: On 7 Jun 2015, at 20:16, Gary Hull wrote: On 8 Jun 2015, at 2:44, Ben Klebe wrote: The autocorrect is system-wide in Cocoa text fields. To change it, go to System Preferences - Keyboard - Text and uncheck “Correct spelling automatically.”

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Eric A. Meyer
On 7 Jun 2015, at 20:16, Gary Hull wrote: On 8 Jun 2015, at 2:44, Ben Klebe wrote: The autocorrect is system-wide in Cocoa text fields. To change it, go to System Preferences - Keyboard - Text and uncheck “Correct spelling automatically.” Strangely though I can’t replicate this behavior and

Re: [MlMt] Any way to prevent auto-correcting two spaces after a period to one?

2015-06-07 Thread Gary Hull
On 8 Jun 2015, at 2:44, Ben Klebe wrote: The autocorrect is system-wide in Cocoa text fields. To change it, go to System Preferences - Keyboard - Text and uncheck “Correct spelling automatically.” Strangely though I can’t replicate this behavior and furthermore why would you want two spaces