From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Agreeing on some "rules" for packaging. Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:59:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87ioyo98j5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <521D1E38.9090604@gmail.com> <87sixuc71q.fsf@gnu.org> <521E423C.7010107@gmail.com> <20130828205616.GA12493@debian> <87r4dd4eug.fsf@gnu.org> <521E7BAA.3010508@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEyA8-0003w7-VZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:05:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEyA1-0001Dw-LM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:05:08 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:52705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEyA1-0001CY-G0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:05:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <521E7BAA.3010508@gmail.com> (Cyril Roelandt's message of "Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:37:30 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Cyril Roelandt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Cyril Roelandt skribis: > On 08/29/2013 12:42 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Also, please leave two spaces after an end-of-sentence period. > > Do you have a link to an explanation of this rule ? >From (info "(texinfo) Not Ending a Sentence"): Depending on whether a period or exclamation point or question mark is inside or at the end of a sentence, slightly less or more space is inserted after a period in a typeset manual. Since it is not always possible to determine automatically when a period ends a sentence, special commands are needed in some circumstances. Usually, Texinfo can guess how to handle periods, so you do not need to use the special commands; you just enter a period as you would if you were using a typewriter: put two spaces after the period, question mark, or exclamation mark that ends a sentence. IOW, the intent is to (1) mimic typographical rules, where an end-of-sentence space is slightly wider than (say) an after-abbreviation-period space, and (2) to guide TeX(info). Also, the =E2=80=98forward-sentence=E2=80=99 (M-e) command in Emacs expects that. Ludo=E2=80=99.