Public bug reported:
This is joe 3.7-1 on jaunty. (The form here won't accept that.)
Using the paragraph reformat command (^B if using the jstar command set
for joe), joe now inserts two spaces after periods, even if originally
entered as one space. It never did that before; it simply wrapped the
paragraph. Years ago it was appropriate style to double space at the end
of sentences when using a typewriter. However it is no long standard
style in the age of word processing (and never has been in publishing).
Joe, by doing it after every period, is not doing it consistently only
at the end of sentences - which is bad style in any era.
I can't find so far if this is a local configuration option, or hard
coded into joe. In someone's mind it's "a feature not a bug" I'm sure.
Way back in '83 PerfectWriter used to have the same annoying "feature."
It was bad then. It still is.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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joe paragraph reformat now inserts extra spaces
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377994
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