Which is perfect proof that we do not want such formatting rules to be added to Braille Touch.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/02/2013, at 13:16, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> wrote: > 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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