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Message-Id: <20080413190916.57cede66.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:09:16 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.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 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:45:47 +0100 Al Viro wrote: > 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. > > > > Are there any rules about using spaces after a period at the end > > of a sentence? > > See Knuth (TeXbook) for the story on that... I googled that but I don't see the history there. AFAIK, 2 spaces at the end of sentences is a typewriter-ism, for easier visual separation of sentences. Probably (just guessing here) has to do with monospace fonts vs. (not having) proportional ones there (usually). --- ~Randy [Yes, I learned to type on a manual typewriter.] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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