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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatches

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Aug 1, 2017, 21:04 UTC
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From: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>
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>> Further, remove duplicated space character.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing
> seems like a globally controversial thing. (I assumed
> it was some sort of local dialect before researching
> it properly)
>
> I personally do not mind one way or another regarding
> (double) spaces after a period, but I would think we'd
> strive for consistency throughout the project.
>

The use of double spaces was a taught typing technique as recently as the early-mid 1980s when my wife did a UK university postgraduate secretarial course. This was just before PC word processing took off. It takes a long while for the old ways to die off! -- Philip

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Message 23 of 23 in “doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatches”
  1. 1/2 doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatchesKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 30, 2017
  2. 2/2 doc: add another way to identify if a patch has been mergedKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 30, 2017
  3. Philip OakleyJul 30, 2017
  4. Kaartic SivaraamJul 30, 2017
  5. 1/2 doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatchesKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 30, 2017
  6. Stefan BellerJul 31, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2017
  8. Kaartic SivaraamAug 1, 2017
  9. Stefan BellerAug 1, 2017
  10. Kaartic SivaraamAug 2, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerAug 2, 2017
  13. Kaartic SivaraamAug 3, 2017
  14. 1/2 doc: fix small issues in SubmittingPatchesKaartic Sivaraam, Aug 1, 2017
  15. 2/2 doc: add another way to identify if a patch has been mergedKaartic Sivaraam, Aug 1, 2017
  16. Stefan BellerAug 1, 2017
  17. Kaartic SivaraamAug 2, 2017
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2017
  20. Stefan BellerAug 2, 2017
  21. Kaartic SivaraamAug 7, 2017
  22. Kaartic SivaraamAug 7, 2017
  23. Philip OakleyAug 1, 2017

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