Clarke Echols <cla...@verinet.net> wrote: > On 10/03/2014 05:37 PM, Bertrand Garrigues wrote: > > > It's OK for me to use 2 spaces after a full sentence. But I'm not used > > to it, I've always been taught to use a single-space after a full stop > > (French spacing ?!). I've just noticed that a lot of people on the list > > use 2 spaces after a full stop. What is the main reason ? I googled on > > this subject, I found out that two spaces are more traditional but less > > and less used. Also, isn't groff by default displaying a single space > > after a full stop ?
Hopefully not (but fortunately it uses correct double spacing by default). > Two spaces at end of sentence is standard US usage on typewriters, and > has been for a century or longer. That is the point. But I too miss a request like LaTeXs \frenchspacing in groff. It is tedious to always type \& after each full stop.... Carsten
