Re: Double space in original messages

["David Lodge" <dave cirt net>]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:08:01 -0000, Ole Laursen <olau hardworking dk>  
wrote:
> > Some modules have double spaces ("  ") in the original messagens,
> > usually between two sentences (after a dot).
> It's an English typographical convention:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop#Spacing_after_full_stop

Erm... It's an *old* typographical convention - harking back to the days  
of the typewriter. In modern English we're taught to only use a singular  
space after a full stop, this follows both Oxford University Press and  
Cambridge University Press conventions, plus those of virtually all modern  
printing shops. Plus it is pointless if something is going to be rendered  
through HTML (as HTML renders multiple spaces into one).

If you're using monospaced fonts on a typewriter, I could see an argument  
for a double space, but as we are doing neither it should be a single  
space. I would definately raise this as a bug.

dave