on Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Chris Gilbert wrote:

> Juan RP wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:58:28 +1100
>> matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> my point is that from what i've seen double space after period
>>> (besides simply being good english) is the most common, so you
>>> infact made it less consistent with this change.
>>
>> Perhaps in your country but not in mine :-)
>>
>> I've modified the whole file to be consistent, and I'd prefer if we use
>> a common style, no matter if it's one space or five spaces after a period.
>>
>
> Actually it probably depend on if you were taught to type (and where).
> At school I was taught to use 2 spaces, it was a requirement for the RSA
> typing qualifications I have.   It's also a habit I probably couldn't break.
>
> In the grand scheme of things it really doesn't matter, and with so many
> people doing updates to CHANGES it'll be hard to enforce any kind of scheme.

Totally off the subject, double-space after period is a mechanical
typewriter anachronism that you should really break yourself of. I'm
sure you're no longer reaching up for the lever to return the carriage,
right?

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