From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Spaces after periods (was: Documenting NEWS features for 25.1) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:05:18 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20151212115202.16784.72345@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <83poy82xe0.fsf@gnu.org> <834mfj36ij.fsf@gnu.org> <83vb7y1yqg.fsf@gnu.org> <83oadq1wdq.fsf@gnu.org> <8360zrsoct.fsf@gnu.org> <83poxuli6m.fsf@gnu.org> <83h9j1dwcu.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451408768 23927 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2015 17:06:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Shakthi Kannan , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 29 18:06:02 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxij-0001vP-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:06:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49429 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxii-0002hM-Ut for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:06:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42760) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxiH-0002Hr-64 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:05:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxiG-0003hu-5z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:05:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22b]:34141) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxiC-0003g6-Gp; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:05:28 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id e65so77116536pfe.1; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:05:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Tq6Zk0g7vhcowKUoDk5WkB6SQ0X/mJ9f1lcWa/EEhiM=; b=knZ1stZBQgtpcl97z98pSFzj51+yqkEUNkYGTMG9P1orWK6+EJd3yJZ66RjqCqqUF8 jM4A0ZlheSTgHq4zK84U8U0UUsVNIycE5pbh46u0MCyYMF9UAX8d8vocWagk5VFD+oOf 6LguBkCgsf01H81B9GjmoT+gzXEdhlPzXTteMIvVMGGheKY67O4Q7VTOdzRtBHzCKEVg iZ9SZXmAdMxpSMXLadi4sx5QQL18vcQ3YbYzS/CYMwYu3MJz+mY2j6aY/wN/dyybWw90 D6is7/4fksSRBIJluRItkUhCm1OBvvd3hO4HeuKWM+NQW+MyU0QDxCpbZobtSZ2jJDy/ LPng== X-Received: by 10.98.9.72 with SMTP id e69mr37746921pfd.162.1451408728015; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:05:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id fi16sm15998868pac.12.2015.12.29.09.05.27 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:05:27 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7C77711B7EBF7; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:05:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83h9j1dwcu.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:59:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , Shakthi Kannan , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22b X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:197104 Archived-At: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> +with the Greek lambda character @samp{=CE=BB}. In a TeX buffer, it will > ^^ ^^^ > Two spaces between sentences, please (we use the US English > conventions). I almost hate to say this, but I'm not sure this is the English convention anymore. A quick Google shows many, many sites that indicate that the modern convention is now one space, and none that recommend two spaces. I've even changed to one space in my e-mails, even, after being a long holdout for the two space rule. --=20 John Wiegley GPG fingerprint =3D 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2