Hi :) +1 That was really well said. Very succinct! :) Regards from Tom :)
On 6 December 2015 at 20:46, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Robert Funnell wrote: > >> I'd like to comment on the 2 typographic rules mentioned for English. >> >> (1) Many typographers believe that there should not be 2 spaces after the >> period at the end of a sentence. See >> http://audilab.bme.mcgill.ca/~funnell/InforMed/Bacon/WP/space.html > > > frankly most of these 'rules' are basically arbitrary, that is, not driven > by any logical necessity and open to varying aesthetic preferences. > > (it's fun reading the history of the prohibition against using 'they' as a > gender-neutral form as in "if anyone parks their car in the lot, _they_ > should check with security." wikipedia (sit venia verbo!) has a good piece > on the "singular 'they'". or the nonsense about having to say, "it is I" -- > guess anyone can write a grammar book, and they used to!) > > anyway I don't insert two spaces - waste of space (unless required by > editors, etc.). > >> (2) I don't think it's correct to say that double quotes are used for one >> thing and single quotes for another. The rule that I'm familiar with is that >> you consistently use whichever you prefer (or whichever your publisher >> requires) and then switch to the other style if they're nested. For example, >> you might write 'He said "She said 'I did it'"'. > > > I agree and note only that in one area I'm acquainted with the singular > quote is often used to designate a technical term. > > f. > > >> On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: >> >>> Den 05.12.2015 01:58, anne-ology skreiv: >>>> >>>> This first section looks good as is; >>>> but does have a few grammatical errors which I'll point out >>>> in >>>> [ >>>> ] s. >>>> >>>> In spite of what some computer users say or do, I'll continue >>>> to >>>> stick with proper grammar - >>> >>> I agree. But I know too little about English grammar and typographic >>> rules >>>> >>>> after a period in a sentence there should be 2 spaces even >>>> though >>>> these machines default to only 1; >>> >>> In HTML double or more spaces becomes a single space. See Mark's reply to >>> this list. It is a lot of work to add the code ' ' behind every >> >> period. >>>> >>>> and double quotes are for conversations - single quotes - or >> >> in >>>> >>>> your Norwegian << >> - would be used for empasis, et.al. >>> >>> I'll try to remember this. >>>> >>>> >>>> And BTW - looks as if you've spent a lot of time creating a >>>> very >>>> good site & program, >>> >>> Thank you. >>> Brian Barker (many thanks to him) has proofread the whole site and sent >>> it >> >> to >>> >>> me private. >>> I will use his suggestions together with yours. >>> It will take some time to code it as I prefer hand coding. >>> >>> Perhaps because the settings of of my e-mail reader I did not see the >>> film. Was displayed as '[Image: display film]'. >>> >>> Kolbjørn >>>> >>>> >>>> How to open LibreLogo in LibreOffice >>>> >>>> The great majority who use LibreOffice do not know there is a Logo >> >> variant >>>> >>>> in Writer. There are no direct links to LibreLogo on the menus. The >> >> only >>>> >>>> way, I think, is to open a new text document. In the main menu at the >> >> top >>>> >>>> of the page, press the View → Toolbars → Logo. This will open the >>>> LibreLogo toolbar. This toolbar contains some buttons to control the >>>> turtle and a command line where you can enter commands. Press on one of >>>> the >>>> buttons to bring up the turtle. >>>> >>>> ['great' is superfluous ... >>>> >>>> 'I think' is superfluous; you're the writer therefore this can >>>> either >>>> be left out or changed to possibly or probably ... >>>> >>>> 'turtle' ... >>>> >>>> command line to enter commands.] >>>> [image: vise film] >>>> The Buttons on the Menubar >>>> >>>> Every time you press on buttons Backward and Forward the turtle will be >>>> moved 10 pixels backwards or forwards. Buttons Right and Left will >>>> turn >>>> the turtle 15º clockwise or counter-clockwise. Button Home moves the >>>> turtle to the starting point in the middle of the page with the head >>>> upwards. Clear screen will remove all drawings from the page. Start >>>> and >>>> Stop are used to start and stop the execution of the program. The >> >> command >>>> >>>> line is used for entering commands, one line at a time. The button to >> >> the >>>> >>>> right of the command line is used to configure all commands with large >>>> letters and to translate the program into other languages. This is not >>>> used in this overview. >>>> >>>> [Each time you press on any button - ... >>>> >>>> will move ... >>>> >>>> backward or forward ...] >>>> >>>> If the purpose is to learn programming, only the command line and >>>> buttons >>>> to clear the screen and put the turtle back is helpful. The others >> >> buttons >>>> >>>> is used to create shapes without programming. >>>> >>>> [are helpful. The other buttons are] >>>> >> > > -- > Felmon Davis > > Getting the job done is no excuse for not following the rules. > Corollary: > Following the rules will not get the job done. > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
