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From: ludovic.courtes@laas.fr (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: thread cancellation, take 2
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:35:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874pg9aqsm.fsf@laas.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87odeh4ia5.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Mon\, 29 Oct 2007 23\:23\:30 +0000")

Hi,

Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:

> My understanding is that the two space convention is for fixed-width
> computer presentation, such as in Info.  Many people seem to think
> that two spaces look better in that context.

That's my understanding, too.  It also helps differentiate periods that
denote an abbreviation from periods at the end of sentences.  Overall, I
find it easier to read.

Thanks,
Ludovic.


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      reply	other threads:[~2007-10-30  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-20 14:30 thread cancellation, take 2 Julian Graham
2007-09-20 15:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-09-20 15:36   ` Julian Graham
2007-09-23  5:16     ` Julian Graham
2007-09-23 10:42       ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-09-23 18:39         ` Julian Graham
2007-09-24 11:42           ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-09-24 15:39             ` Julian Graham
2007-09-24 20:17               ` Julian Graham
2007-09-26  4:03               ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-09-27  2:39                 ` Julian Graham
2007-10-18  0:41                   ` Julian Graham
2007-10-20 11:12                     ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-10-20 13:02                     ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-10-20 22:19                       ` Julian Graham
2007-10-21 13:03                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-10-21 13:11                           ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-10-23 14:16                             ` Julian Graham
2007-10-24  2:35                               ` Julian Graham
2007-10-29 22:04                                 ` Ludovic Courtès
2007-10-29 22:20                                   ` Julian Graham
2007-10-29 23:23                                     ` Neil Jerram
2007-10-30  9:35                                       ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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