From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: dashes and non-breaking spaces Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:12:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200412281520.49126.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <200501132339.14722.pogonyshev@gmx.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105748491 21972 80.91.229.6 (15 Jan 2005 00:21:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, ke@gnu.franken.de, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 15 01:21:14 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cpbgo-0003IB-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:21:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cpbnu-0005tu-OE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:28:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cpbmu-0005fq-0B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:27:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cpbms-0005eP-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:27:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cpbmr-0005cK-8f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:27:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CpbYl-00063I-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:12:55 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CpbY1-00029U-H2; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:12:09 -0500 Original-To: Paul Pogonyshev In-reply-to: <200501132339.14722.pogonyshev@gmx.net> (message from Paul Pogonyshev on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:39:14 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32236 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32236 Because it makes text harder to read. You generally don't care if there is a non-breaking space or a space in a mail your buddy sent to you, you just read the message and don't want various extra symbols or highlights get in your way. Ok, I agree. (I still wouldn't use the word "must", though.)