Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] docs/memory.txt: Put one whitespace between sentences

[Fam Zheng]

On Mon, 05/05 15:05, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 05.05.2014 14:59, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > In other words, whitespace changes only.
> 
> >  The memory API models the memory and I/O buses and controllers of a QEMU
> > -machine.  It attempts to allow modelling of:
> > +machine. It attempts to allow modelling of:
> 
> What's the point?  In text form, it is quite often and, to my taste, quite
> normal to use 2 spaces after the full-dot (at the end of the sentence), just
> like an extra line between paragraphs.  This way, it is easier to separate
> sentences between each other.
> 
> In real typography, 1.5-sized space is usually used in such places.  But since
> plaintext format has no 1.5-sized space, 2 spaces is used.
> 
> I'd send an opposite patch, which adds additional space where it is missing.. 
> :)
> 

Well, out of my first reaction on the inconsistency. I just get a feeling on
this controversy by looking at the length of this Wikipedia page's reference
section:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing#References

Does NOT matter for me, anyway :)

Thanks,
Fam