On 31/05/2006 8:17 PM, Sion Arrowsmith wrote:
> John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Whitespace is a silly term, anyway (IMHO); is there such a
>> thing as a space that is not white?
>
> Yes, if you go back to the term's origins in printshops. A solid
> block of ink is space, not print, but
John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whitespace is a silly term, anyway (IMHO); is there such a
>thing as a space that is not white?
Yes, if you go back to the term's origins in printshops. A solid
block of ink is space, not print, but it's not whitespace. We've
kept the word alive, even if
