Hi,

Gavin Sinclair wrote in msgid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :

> Why is this so?  Must I surrender my beloved sentence layout?

The habit of putting two spaces after every sentence dates back to the
era of the typewriter. Whether one should stick to it is debatable.

(Sources:
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives/9602/techwhirl-9602-00470.html
http://www.webword.com/reports/period.html
http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/blrules-spaces.htm
http://www.evolt.org/article/Two_Spaces_After_a_Period_Isn_t_Dead_Yet/25/213/)

As far as the word wrapping of the Bat is concerned: it is just harder
(impossible?) to come up with an algorithm that takes two spaces at
the end of sentences into account. How should this algorithm
distinguish between abbreviations and sentence ending periods (full
stops)?

Regards,

Markus
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Using The Bat! 1.62 Beta/17 under Windows NT 4.0 Build
1381 Service Pack 6 


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