Too space, or not two space

Julian Edwards julian.edwards at canonical.com
Wed Nov 19 22:43:32 UTC 2014


I'm watching this thread with interest as a habitual 2-spacer :)

This is a really interesting post on the subject:
http://www.ditchwalk.com/2011/01/19/two-spaces-after-a-period/

But the best quote is at the end of Nate's reference:
"Complaining about the way people space their sentences in their own documents 
is being an ass."

I think you guys have more things to worry about than the spacing style for 
comments.

On Wednesday 19 Nov 2014 05:52:42 Nate Finch wrote:
> btw, the typewriter starting the whole two spaces thing is a myth:
> http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324
> 
> I still vote for: this is a waste of time, we have better things to worry
> about.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Dimiter Naydenov <
> 
> dimiter.naydenov at canonical.com> wrote:
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> > On 19.11.2014 09:12, Dimiter Naydenov wrote:
> > > On 19.11.2014 02:10, Jesse Meek 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
> > > 
> > > -1, come on isn't this just for typewriters?
> > 
> > Sorry, I should've said +1 :)
> > 
> > 
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