[Bf-docboard] Style Suggestion - Double Space after Period?

[gandalf3]

Sorry if this appears twice, not sure if it sent properly the first time..
> Huh?
> You mean, no space like this?
>
>     This is a sentence.This is also a sentence.Why are there no spaces 
> here?Who knows.
>
> For me the docs have single spaces, like this:
>
>     "Many factors go into the quality of the rendered image. Rendering 
> a scene without changing any of the render settings is     probably 
> going to produce a rather unpleasant image."
>
>
> I've never heard of a no-space-after-periods convention, and I don't 
> think I'd like it if I did :P
> If there really are no spaces for some users, then it sounds like a 
> [really wierd] bug imo.
>
>
> On 01/25/15 16:01, Wayne Campbell wrote:
>> On googling I see I have stumbled into a controversial area.   Who 
>> knew that the norm was to have no space.  It doesn't seem as 
>> readable, but I can see this isn't one that I am going to win.
>>
>> ...  suggestion withdrawn.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Wayne Campbell <wayneinbc at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:wayneinbc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     But even your note has at least a single space after the periods.
>>     The blender docs have no space.
>>
>>
>>     On Sunday, January 25, 2015, Nicholas Rishel
>>     <rishel.nick at gmail.com <mailto:rishel.nick at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         To be more specific as to why: double space after a period is
>>         a carry over from monospaced type typewriters; computers
>>         eliminate this need because most commonly used fonts are
>>         proportionally spaced. I don't think a compelling argument
>>         can be made that this is useful because double space is
>>         considered neither good practice nor a common convention.
>>
>>         On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Jaagup Irve
>>         <jaagup.irve at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>             This is creepy. No, please, no :)
>>
>>             J.
>>
>>             On 25 January 2015 at 20:38, Wayne Campbell
>>             <wayneinbc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>             > It makes for easier reading to have a double space
>>             after the period ending a
>>             > sentence.  Our latest formatted docs have no space at
>>             all -  the next
>>             > sentence is pressed up against the period.   What do
>>             others think?  Is this
>>             > something that should be on the list to fix?
>>             >
>>             >
>>             > Wayne
>>             >
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