On Monday 6 August 2018 21:08,
Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> put forth the proposition:
> On 06.08.18 11:40, David Woodfall wrote:
> > I've noticed that when I select a block of text (written English
> > prose, not code) and press gq to reformat it, vim will change some of
> > the spaces after a period into two spaces, as is the convention among
> > some typists.
> >
> > Is this intended, and can it be changed?
>
> AFAICT it's an Americanism, judging by occurrence. It defeats simplistic
> automated removal of erroneous double spaces between words.
>
> To turn it off, I have:
>
> set nojoinspaces " Only one space when joining lines.
Added
> > Personally, I prefer to keep just one space after a period, but I
> > notice that it does happen consistently - sometimes it will change
> > the spaces and sometimes not.
>
> Does your cpoptions include 'j'? If so, you'll only get one space after
> '?' or '!'.
Added j
> It's not a format taught here in Australia, at least not >50 years ago
> when I was in primary school, and it's not found in the wild here since
> either.
Thanks. I'll give those settings a shot.
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