Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:45:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please review: rc file changes Message-ID: <199908281045.FAA98239@mpp.pro-ns.net> In-Reply-To: <19990828052723.G25872@holly.calldei.com> from Chris Costello at "Aug 28, 1999 05:27:23 am"
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> On Fri, Aug 27, 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > -# this file, but rather in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Please check this file > > > > +# this file, but rather in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Please check that file > > > Well, that was definitely the old typographical convention, but in > > the digital age it's fallen into disfavor. It was easier to delete the > > second space to make them all consistent, but I can go with double spaces > > if that's the consensus. > > I've never heard of that. I've always found that two spaces > after end-of-sentence punctuation makes things easier to read! > > (Don't think I don't appreciate this, I just love to nitpick. :) I vote for two spaces after the period before the start of a new sentence. Even in the digital age, I've always found that the two spaces make for better reading of text. I think that most of our formatting tools do this too (please don't flame me if I'm wrong :-). -Mike -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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