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Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence
From: |
Sivaram Neelakantan |
Subject: |
Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:39:06 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.110019 (No Gnus v0.19) Emacs/24.1 (windows-nt) |
On Thu, Sep 27 2012,Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
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> "2.1.4 Use a single word space between sentences.
>
> In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in
> typography and type design, many compositors were encouraged to
> stuff extra space between sentences. Generations of
> twentieth-century typists were then taught to do the same, by
> hitting the spacebar twice after every period. Your typing as well
> as your typesetting will benefit from unlearning this quaint
> Victorian habit."
>
I spend 10 years learning to double space because Emacs says so and
M-q plays nice to me and you dig this out?
Just when I know something, someone changes the rules! Again. :-)
sivaram
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- RE: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, (continued)
- RE: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Drew Adams, 2012/09/26
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- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Stefan Monnier, 2012/09/26
- RE: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Drew Adams, 2012/09/27
- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Stefan Monnier, 2012/09/27
- RE: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Drew Adams, 2012/09/27
- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Stefan Monnier, 2012/09/27
- RE: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Drew Adams, 2012/09/27
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- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Barry Margolin, 2012/09/26
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- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence,
Sivaram Neelakantan <=
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- Re: line adjustment at the end of a sentence, Stefan Monnier, 2012/09/29