In article <1192032873.503792.191410@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>,
pomerado@hotmail.com says...
> On Oct 10, 4:37 am, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:28 -0700, Lester Zick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> > >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500, John Fields
> > ><jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:10:39 -0700, Lester Zick
> > >><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> >
> > >>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:33:12 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
> > >>><RUBo...@crackasmile.org> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:55:28 -0700, John Larkin
> > >>>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:16 -0700, "Herbert John \"Jackie\" Gleason"
> > >>>>><BufordTJust...@Texarkanacops.gov> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:42 -0700, Lester Zick <dontbot...@nowhere.net>
> > >>>>>>wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>>>>It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
> > >>>>>>>>is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.
> >
> > >>>>>>>It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full blown.
> >
> > >>>>>> They guy has a severe problem with the word "they're" in several
> > >>>>> ^^^^^^^^
> > >>>>>>locations in this thread alone.
> >
> > >>>>>They guy?
> >
> > >>>>>Funny.
> >
> > >>>>>John
> >
> > >>>> Typo, dipshit. You... retarded.
> >
> > >>>Well sure. We all make them occasionally. That's why I don't comment
> > >>>unless its repeated.
> > >> ^^^
> > >> ??? LOL!!!
> >
> > >???
> >
> > ---
> > the contraction of "it is" isn't possessive.
> > ---
> >
> > >>>But you have no idea how disconcerting it can to
> > >> ^
> > >> be
> >
> > >Granted. Missing my usual quota of vodka when I replied.
> >
> > ---
> > Granted???
> >
> > You're a pompous ass.
> > ---
> >
> > >>>be reading a comment critically when you come across a boo boo like
> > >>>that. At the very least it destroys the train of thought.And technical
> > >> ^
> > >> Space or 2
> >
> > >???
> >
> > ---
> > Conventional American English requires that the period ending one
> > sentence be followed by one or two (usually two) spaces prior to the
> > start of the next sentence.
>
> Two spaces are recommended in non-proportional fonts like Courier New,
> a legacy from typewriter days. Some proportional fonts used in modern
> computers adjust the location of the period at the end of a sentence
> so that two spaces are not required to provide a distinctive space
> between sentences.

Exactly.

> I still use two spaces anyway.
>
I do too, but Frame bitches so I try to shift to one when writing
documents. When I do the final check I end up hitting 'y' all the
way through.


--
Keith

krw krw@att.bizzzz posted to sci.electronics.design:

> In article <1192032873.503792.191410@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>,
> pomerado@hotmail.com says...
>> On Oct 10, 4:37 am, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:28 -0700, Lester Zick
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> > >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500, John Fields
>> > ><jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:10:39 -0700, Lester Zick
>> > >><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:33:12 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
>> > >>><RUBo...@crackasmile.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:55:28 -0700, John Larkin
>> > >>>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:16 -0700, "Herbert John \"Jackie\"
>> > >>>>>Gleason" <BufordTJust...@Texarkanacops.gov> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:42 -0700, Lester Zick
>> > >>>>>><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>>>>It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the
>> > >>>>>>>>problems in the bud is the best solution instead of
>> > >>>>>>>>waiting until their full blown.
>> >
>> > >>>>>>>It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full
>> > >>>>>>>blown.
>> >
>> > >>>>>> They guy has a severe problem with the word "they're" in
>> > >>>>>> several
>> > >>>>> ^^^^^^^^
>> > >>>>>>locations in this thread alone.
>> >
>> > >>>>>They guy?
>> >
>> > >>>>>Funny.
>> >
>> > >>>>>John
>> >
>> > >>>> Typo, dipshit. You... retarded.
>> >
>> > >>>Well sure. We all make them occasionally. That's why I don't
>> > >>>comment unless its repeated.
>> > >> ^^^
>> > >> ??? LOL!!!
>> >
>> > >???
>> >
>> > ---
>> > the contraction of "it is" isn't possessive.
>> > ---
>> >
>> > >>>But you have no idea how disconcerting it can to
>> > >> ^
>> > >> be
>> >
>> > >Granted. Missing my usual quota of vodka when I replied.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Granted???
>> >
>> > You're a pompous ass.
>> > ---
>> >
>> > >>>be reading a comment critically when you come across a boo boo
>> > >>>like that. At the very least it destroys the train of
>> > >>>thought.And technical
>> > >> ^
>> > >> Space
>> > >> or 2
>> >
>> > >???
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Conventional American English requires that the period ending one
>> > sentence be followed by one or two (usually two) spaces prior to
>> > the start of the next sentence.
>>
>> Two spaces are recommended in non-proportional fonts like Courier
>> New,
>> a legacy from typewriter days. Some proportional fonts used in
>> modern computers adjust the location of the period at the end of a
>> sentence so that two spaces are not required to provide a
>> distinctive space between sentences.
>
> Exactly.
>
>> I still use two spaces anyway.
>>
> I do too, but Frame bitches so I try to shift to one when writing
> documents. When I do the final check I end up hitting 'y' all the
> way through.
>
>

Well, Frame is broken, not you. If had bought a tool that was that
messed up the vendor would sure be hearing from me. (MS does hear
from me on a regular basis, not that they pay any attention.)

In article <UpgRi.5690$y21.4641@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net> ,
joseph_barrett@sbcglobal.net says...
> krw krw@att.bizzzz posted to sci.electronics.design:
>
> > In article <1192032873.503792.191410@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>,
> > pomerado@hotmail.com says...
> >> On Oct 10, 4:37 am, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:28 -0700, Lester Zick
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> >> > >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500, John Fields
> >> > ><jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:10:39 -0700, Lester Zick
> >> > >><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:33:12 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
> >> > >>><RUBo...@crackasmile.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:55:28 -0700, John Larkin
> >> > >>>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:16 -0700, "Herbert John \"Jackie\"
> >> > >>>>>Gleason" <BufordTJust...@Texarkanacops.gov> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:42 -0700, Lester Zick
> >> > >>>>>><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>>>>It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the
> >> > >>>>>>>>problems in the bud is the best solution instead of
> >> > >>>>>>>>waiting until their full blown.
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>>>It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full
> >> > >>>>>>>blown.
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>> They guy has a severe problem with the word "they're" in
> >> > >>>>>> several
> >> > >>>>> ^^^^^^^^
> >> > >>>>>>locations in this thread alone.
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>They guy?
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>Funny.
> >> >
> >> > >>>>>John
> >> >
> >> > >>>> Typo, dipshit. You... retarded.
> >> >
> >> > >>>Well sure. We all make them occasionally. That's why I don't
> >> > >>>comment unless its repeated.
> >> > >> ^^^
> >> > >> ??? LOL!!!
> >> >
> >> > >???
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > the contraction of "it is" isn't possessive.
> >> > ---
> >> >
> >> > >>>But you have no idea how disconcerting it can to
> >> > >> ^
> >> > >> be
> >> >
> >> > >Granted. Missing my usual quota of vodka when I replied.
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > Granted???
> >> >
> >> > You're a pompous ass.
> >> > ---
> >> >
> >> > >>>be reading a comment critically when you come across a boo boo
> >> > >>>like that. At the very least it destroys the train of
> >> > >>>thought.And technical
> >> > >> ^
> >> > >> Space
> >> > >> or 2
> >> >
> >> > >???
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > Conventional American English requires that the period ending one
> >> > sentence be followed by one or two (usually two) spaces prior to
> >> > the start of the next sentence.
> >>
> >> Two spaces are recommended in non-proportional fonts like Courier
> >> New,
> >> a legacy from typewriter days. Some proportional fonts used in
> >> modern computers adjust the location of the period at the end of a
> >> sentence so that two spaces are not required to provide a
> >> distinctive space between sentences.
> >
> > Exactly.
> >
> >> I still use two spaces anyway.
> >>
> > I do too, but Frame bitches so I try to shift to one when writing
> > documents. When I do the final check I end up hitting 'y' all the
> > way through.
> >
> >
>
> Well, Frame is broken, not you. If had bought a tool that was that
> messed up the vendor would sure be hearing from me. (MS does hear
> from me on a regular basis, not that they pay any attention.)

Nope. There should only be one space after a '.' when using
proportional fonts in a word processor. The WB takes care of the
additional whitespace needed. Two '.'s make the whitespace too
large. I have the bad habit of using two because most tools aren't
as smart and I tend to use fixed pitch fonts for most of what I do.

--
Keith