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

[Greg Zaal]

@Wayne where do you see no space after periods? I can only find periods
with a single space after them.

As for double spaces after periods: a little while ago someone was
submitting patches with double spaces, I found this strange and did a
little test to see if it made any difference: http://i.imgur.com/3t1jhT9.png
- as you can see, it makes absolutely no difference :) Suggest we stick
with current convention of only a single space after period, not that it
matters much.

On 26 January 2015 at 02:46, gandalf3 <zzyxpaw at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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  suggestion withdrawn.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>
> 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>
>> 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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