[Cialug] Nakamoto: Double Spacer

[David Champion]

... which is why I never use word processors. I hate all the
auto-correction and auto-formatting.

-dc


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Andrew Denner <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:

> Shouldn't your word processor do the right thing and convert either your
> double space or single space after a period at the end of a sentence to be
> the correct amount of space? An example of this sort of "fixing" is the --
> changing to be a en dash -.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Paul Gray <gray at cs.uni.edu> wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Paul Gray <gray at cs.uni.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 03/06/2014 12:32 PM, Scott Yates wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I agree with Nathan.  Regardless of how it is trending, two periods
> > after
> > >>> a
> > >>> sentence just seems more logical and clear.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> If two periods after a sentence is more logical and clear, would two
> > >> question marks appear after a question??
> > >>
> >
> > > On 03/06/2014 12:40 PM, Scott Yates wrote:
> > > Not unless the question mark was used for something else, like a period
> > can
> > > be used to denote an abbreviation.
> >
> > I think you missed my point..But that's okay..It was tongue in cheek..I
> > thought you might have meant "spaces" instead of periods..
> >
> > --
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