Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Commited with your fixes on master. Thanks! >> Please use two spaces after a full sentence stop. > > It's OK for me to use 2 spaces after a full sentence. But I'm not used > to it, I've always been taught to use a single-space after a full stop > (French spacing ?!). I've just noticed that

Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 04/10/14 12:17:48, Denis M. Wilson wrote: This expands on what Clarke says --- it's not just in the USA, but other English speaking dialects. What have other Western language authors have to say about this decline? Good afternoon Denis, I assume English as she is spoke & writ in Austral

Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Denis M. Wilson
It's really off topic, but in the UK in the 1980s, the printers strike meant the the end of expert typography. The hot metal traditional expert typography was replaced by crumbly computer software and 500 years of the art and craft of it was lost --- well it was still there but unknown to the perso

Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Mike Bianchi
> On 10/03/2014 05:37 PM, Bertrand Garrigues wrote: > > ... I've just noticed that a lot of people on the list > > use 2 spaces after a full stop. What is the main reason ? ... On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 06:54:51PM -0600, Clarke Echols wrote: > : > I find it easier to read because I read fas

Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Clarke Echols
On 10/03/2014 05:37 PM, Bertrand Garrigues wrote: It's OK for me to use 2 spaces after a full sentence. But I'm not used to it, I've always been taught to use a single-space after a full stop (French spacing ?!). I've just noticed that a lot of people on the list use 2 spaces after a full st

Re: [Groff] new automake system

2014-10-03 Thread Bertrand Garrigues
Hi Werner, On Fri, Oct 03 2014 at 06:44:34 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Looks good, thanks a lot! I've just minor comments, see below. > Please commit. Commited with your fixes on master. I'll cherry-pick this commit on automake2 soon (I have to fix some comments in the `TESTS' file). After th