Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

When I was learning such things back in the 1960s and 70s, a single 
space between sentences would have been marked as wrong.  Things do have 
a way of constantly changing (evolving or deteriorating, depending on 
your opinion), but I still stick to the two-space standard after the 
sentence.  I think that makes things more readable, and I believe 
readability should be the paramount goal.

-- Tim Deaton


On 8/15/2013 2:30 PM, Andrew Brown wrote:
> Umm!! No Dave, that's what thousands of years of language and millions 
> of literary academics and scholars, since time of man to present 
> decided on in language standards, especially as we are referring to 
> here, the English language.
>
> Nothing to do with just HTML, a computer born programming language and 
> not a literary language. The single space IS universally accepted as 
> the norm for correct spacing in whatever medium we are writing / 
> typing / printing in. It's what individuals do and teach incorrectly, 
> but unchallenged on the whole, in adding double spaces between 
> sentences. What one does and what is a standard is two different things.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Brown
>
> On 15/08/2013 08:04 PM, Dave Liesse wrote:
> > Well, that's what someone decided, and it is the standard for HTML, 
> > but it still is not universally accepted.  A double space, whatever 
> > minimal width the space is, makes it clear that a sentence has 
> > ended.  There is an obvious difference from a single space following 
> > an abbreviation, for example.  I don't expect a word processor to 
> > eliminate extra spaces (and I long ago disabled that "correction").
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/14/2013 20:38, Brian Barker wrote:
> > > At 21:23 14/08/2013 -0500, Michael Morse wrote:
> > > > For some reason, I am no longer able to make a series of spaces 
> > > > using the space bar.  After one space, pressing the space bar will 
> > > > not advance the cursor.
> > >
> > > Rejoice!  This is how all word processors should work. Countable 
> > > spaces exist only in Typewriterland.  With proper type faces, the 
> > > space between words is anything from a minimum value up to whatever 
> > > is required to range across a line.  The spacebar no longer 
> > > represents an actual amount of space but merely indicates a word 
> > > break in the text.  If you need to space material differently, you 
> > > do it properly - using tabs, tables, frames, or whatever.
> > >
> > > > I don't remember changing anything so I have no idea where to even 
> > > > begin to look for whatever setting I assume I must have changed to 
> > > > cause this behavior.  Can someone help me how please?
> > >
> > > Yes: forget about multiple spaces and set up proper spacing using 
> > > the correct facilities of your word processor, whichever that is.
> > >
> > > (Oh, but if you really want to fossilize in Typewriterland in the 
> > > previous millennium, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options 
> > > and remove the tick from "Ignore double spaces". And hang your head 
> > > in shame.)
> > >
> > > ;^)
> > >
> > > I trust this helps.
> > >
> > > Brian Barker


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