On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 16:34 +0100, Christian Rose wrote: > ons 2004-03-17 klockan 13.56 skrev Kjartan Maraas: > > > [...] > > > > + <locale name="C"> > > > > + <short>Module for GtkFileChooser</short> > > > > + <long>Module to use as the filesystem model for the > > > > + GtkFileChooser widget. Possible values are "gnome-vfs" and "gtk+" </long> > > > > + </locale> > > > > > > There are three spaces before the second sentence. It should probably > > > just be two. > > > > Why not one? > > IIRC it's a common thing in English to follow a period with two spaces > before starting a new sentence. Something from the typewriter era, I > suspect, to make the start of new sentences stand out a bit more with > fixed-width spacings etc. I think it died with the typewriter era too, although a small number of people try to keep it alive :) -- Andrew Sobala <aes@gnome.org>
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