Jonathan, that is not the practice that is used in the legal profession, hence my earlier statement. Our rules of court still mandate two spaces after a period.
Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On 2013-02-02, at 11:33 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > Hi Bob, putting two spaces after a full stop/period was dropped quite some > time ago. The convention now is not to do it. > > Jonathan > On 3/02/2013, at 5:59 AM, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> wrote: > >> The point David is that you want the app to be both as convenient and usable >> as possible. In my profession, two spaces after a period is still the >> accepted standard for submitting written work. Leaving it to people to >> insert extra spaces themselves could lead to confusion especially among >> those learning braille who are now having to learn a new set of formatting >> rules. By doing nothing, we are in a sense creating a set of conventions >> that if you write braille with braille touch, you have to format your >> braille as if you were preparing a print text. How does that assist braille >> teachers with teaching braille formatting rules? >> >> Just some more thoughts to consider. >> >> Bob Fenton >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2013-02-02, at 9:47 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Actually, the two spaces after a period rule is changing. Nowadays, many >>> documents are written with just one space after the period. >>> >>> My suggestion is that no formatting algorithm be created. Instead, like >>> with most things, formatting should be the responsibility of the individual >>> author. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 03/02/2013, at 3:54, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody: >>>> >>>> there is another difference in formatting between braille and print we >>>> need to account for. In print, two spaces follow a periojd, whereas in >>>> braille it is only one. can we add this into a formatting conversion >>>> algorythm as well? 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