Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:46:02 -0700 From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> Cc: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41546: [PATCH] adding non-breaking spaces to the handbook Message-ID: <20021009024602.L67757@freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <20021009113333.B86009@sumuk.de>; from martin@sumuk.de on Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:33:33AM %2B0200 References: <200210010916.g919GafL015248@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021009113333.B86009@sumuk.de>
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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:33:33AM +0200, Martin Heinen wrote: > How about the following patch? Looks good to me. I think the Chicago Manual of Style mentions a few other places where non-breaking spaces should be used, such as between a honorific and last name .. "He passed the dunce cap to Mr. Stokely" but that's not very relevant to our technical writing, so I think you certainly covered the two most important cases. Please commit. - Murray > + <listitem> > + <para>between numbers and units:</para> ... > + > + <listitem> > + <para>between program names and version numbers:</para> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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