linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix typos in Documentation/filesystems/seq

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Message-ID: <20080413235553.GG29599@tull.net>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:55:53 +1000
From:	Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net>
To:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	corbet@....net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix typos in Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:25:05AM +0400, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
> Actually, I was doubting whether the "2 spaces" thing was
> intentional or not. The overwhelming majority of the sentences in
> this document use only one space after a period, however, and this
> made me decide that the "2 spaces" thing had not been deliberate
> but just a typo.

The 2-spaces ones were probably reformatted using 'fmt'. If fmt joins
a line ending in a period, it will use 2 spaces. It does not change the
spacing in non-joined lines, despite what the manpage says.

Nick.
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