Jonathan, that is an American source. In Canada we require two spaces. Strangely enough, it is legislated in our rules of court in some provinces.
Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On 2013-02-02, at 2:54 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > Hi Bob, I won't belabour the point because I risk being off topic, but this > isn't correct. Here's just one of many sources I was able to look up to > substantiate what I'm saying. > http://abovethelaw.com/2011/08/small-firms-big-lawyers-a-period-piece/#more-90526 > On 3/02/2013, at 9:53 AM, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> wrote: > >> 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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