Markus, Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 1:57:36 AM, you wrote: Markus> it is just harder Markus> (impossible?) to come up with an algorithm that takes two spaces at Markus> the end of sentences into account. How should this algorithm Markus> distinguish between abbreviations and sentence ending periods (full Markus> stops)?
The question of preserving vs. compressing spaces is a common point of distinction between auto-formatting algorithms. Given that the software is, by definition, making the text look better, the real question is how much it should try to do on behalf of the user. My own preference is NOT to compress space. People vary in how they do spacing -- espcially end-of-sentence spacing. Users do, sometimes, accidentally add spaces they do not want, but it is a rather uncommon error. So, the change to the algorithm would simply be to preserve all spacing. d/ -- Dave <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> t +1.408.246.8253; f +1.408.850.1850 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
