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To Whom It May Concern: If you are the developer that has been modifying _really recently_ the source files, mainly the license text (example: https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/69279/vbox), so as to introduce two (2) spaces (" ") after a period (".") at the end of a sentence (what was wrong with one?): * You need to get rid of your typewriter and get something more modern, like a computer (the machine that goes "Ping!"). * Please let me be one of the first ones to welcome you to the 21st century!!! ;) >From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing): > With the introduction of the typewriter in the late 19th century, typists > used two spaces between sentences to mimic the style used by traditional > typesetters.[5] While wide sentence spacing was phased out in the printing > industry in the mid-20th century, the practice continued on typewriters[6] > and later on computers.[7] ... From around 1950, single sentence spacing > became standard in books, magazines and newspapers,[10] and the majority of > style guides that use a Latin-derived alphabet as a language base now > prescribe or recommend the use of a single space after the concluding > punctuation of a sentence.[11] :D Socratis _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
