[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Me, I find it easier
to read code which is displayed or printed with monospaced fonts. Note,
however, that I've been programming for 30 years. I started with IBM punch
cards, so I might be a bit biased.
I normally use monospaced fonts for Python, but in my
Think
Pete Forman wrote:
Why do programming languages
continue to assume use of a monospaced font?
Programming *languages* don't -- I know of no
(serious[1]) language that requires a monospaced font
in order to work correctly. Even in Python, as long
as you don't mix tabs and spaces, indentation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pete That points towards a way forward. Why do programming languages
Pete continue to assume use of a monospaced font? It was natural when
Pete we used punch cards and line printers, but now? Python relies on
Pete the indentation but could be
Pete That points towards a way forward. Why do programming languages
Pete continue to assume use of a monospaced font? It was natural when
Pete we used punch cards and line printers, but now? Python relies on
Pete the indentation but could be flexible about other textual
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I started with IBM punch cards
Definitely a character cell format.
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The term French Spacing is used for two spaces after a period ending
a sentence, for those wishing to do more research. I have not found
any authoritative answer.
This phrase sounded to me like one of the slurs the English invented
during their various wars with the Dutch and the French (e.g.
The term French Spacing is used for two spaces after a period ending
a sentence, for those wishing to do more research. I have not found
any authoritative answer. The balance has been towards two spaces
when using a monospaced font.
That points towards a way forward. Why do programming
Talin schrieb:
In PEP 9 there's a requirement that PEPs must follow the emacs
convention of 2 spaces after a period. (I didn't know this was an emacs
convention, I thought it was a convention of people who used typewriters.)
It's an Emacs convention in the sense that its auto-filling
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On Jul 23, 2007, at 10:18 PM, Talin wrote:
In PEP 9 there's a requirement that PEPs must follow the emacs
convention of 2 spaces after a period. (I didn't know this was an
emacs
convention, I thought it was a convention of people who used
I'm with Barry. I still use Emacs. Emacs's paragraph filling algorithm,
whether invoked explicitly via M-q or implicitly via auto-wrap mode,
distinguishes the usage of periods based on the number of spaces following
them. Two or more spaces are used to separate sentences. One space (for
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm with Barry. I still use Emacs. Emacs's paragraph filling algorithm,
whether invoked explicitly via M-q or implicitly via auto-wrap mode,
distinguishes the usage of periods based on the number of spaces following
them. Two or more spaces
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm with Barry. I still use Emacs. Emacs's paragraph filling algorithm,
whether invoked explicitly via M-q or implicitly via auto-wrap mode,
distinguishes the usage of periods based on the number of spaces following
them. Two or more spaces are used to separate
Emacs will probably go the way of the vinyl record (though the latter
is seeing a resurgence lately :).
Doubt it. Even as we speak, there's probably a student planning to
implement Python 3 in ELisp as a SOC project...
Bill
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Bill Janssen wrote:
Someone wrote:
Emacs will probably go the way of the vinyl record (though the latter
is seeing a resurgence lately :).
Doubt it. Even as we speak, there's probably a student planning to
implement Python 3 in ELisp as a SOC project...
And run it on a computer built
Talin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In PEP 9 there's a requirement that PEPs must follow the emacs
convention of 2 spaces after a period. (I didn't know this was an emacs
convention, I thought it was a convention of people who used typewriters.)
If the PEP is displayed as HTML, then one or two
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