Too space, or not two space

[Tim Penhey]

I learned to type on a typewriter (both mechanical and electric) back in
the 1980s, and it was two spaces then.

Personally I don't care and I'll go with whatever is suggested.

Tim

On 19/11/14 13:24, Nick Veitch wrote:
> It should be a single space, unless the comments are being written on a
> typewriter. To someone in the US. In the 1960s.
> 
> On Nov 18, 2014 6:15 PM, "Jesse Meek" <jesse.meek at canonical.com
> <mailto:jesse.meek at canonical.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I take that as +1 from Dave.
> 
>     On 19/11/14 13:13, David Cheney wrote:
> 
>         To quote Butterick's
>         http://practicaltypography.__com/one-space-between-__sentences.html
>         <http://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences.html>
> 
>         "> I think two spaces look bet­ter so that’s what I’m go­ing to use.
> 
>         I’m telling you the rule. If you want to put per­sonal taste
>         ahead of
>         the rule, I can’t stop you. But per­sonal taste doesn’t make the
>         rule
>         evap­o­rate. It’s like say­ing “I don’t like how sub­junc­tive-mood
>         verbs sound, so I’m never go­ing to use them.”
> 
>         On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Jesse Meek
>         <jesse.meek at canonical.com <mailto:jesse.meek at canonical.com>> wrote:
> 
>             I'm coming across double spaces after a full stop in
>             comments. Some consider
>             this an error, others an intentional style that makes the
>             comment cleaner to
>             read.
> 
>             Yes, it's a minor point but in the name of consistency and
>             avoiding future
>             review ping pong on the issue, I'm calling for a vote:
> 
>             Should we have a single space after full stops in comments?
>             http://xkcd.com/1285/
> 
>             Please reply +1 for yes to one space, -1 for no to one
>             space. I'll tally up
>             votes on Friday and update our style guide accordingly.
> 
>             My vote: +1
> 
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