Hi,
Andy Wingo <wi...@pobox.com> writes:
> Heya,
>
> On Fri 25 Jun 2010 18:35, Thien-Thi Nguyen <t...@gnuvola.org> writes:
>
>> Normally, texinfo source should have two spaces after each sentence:
>>
>> Blah the first. Blah more. ;; only one space, not cool
>> Blah the first. Blah more. ;; two spaces, ok
>
> Why is this the case? TeX itself gets this right, why can't makeinfo?
I’m not sure whether/how TeX gets it right.
Two spaces after a sentence is visually the closest thing to English
typography rules, which thereby distinguish end-of-sentence periods from
abbreviation periods, as mentioned in the Texinfo manual (info
"(texinfo) Ending a Sentence"). The GCS also recommends it (info
"(standards) Comments"), and Emacs’ M-e expects it too.
>> commit 3323ec063ccc87b210e6da04c57c625af270b230
>> Author: Neil Jerram <n...@ossau.uklinux.net>
>> Date: Sun Dec 27 23:24:09 2009 +0000
>>
>> Automatic manual updates following libguile docstring changes
>>
>> and since then there have been many other manual updates. So, should i
>> interpret the six months since that update to mean that we are no longer
>> using a docstring.el-based system? Am i missing something?
>
> I don't really understand docstring.el. How should I use it? I have
> simply been copying changes over manually.
Same for me. So I’m curious. :-)
>> Other changes i have in mind:
>>
>> - convert "..." to "@dots{}";
>> - convert "i.e. FOO" to "i.e., FOO"
>> (and likewise "i. e. FOO" and "e.g. FOO");
>
> Great.
+1
(Likewise, “e.g.” -> “e.g.,”.)
>> - choose "Returns" or "Return" and use it everywhere;
>
> Sure.
“Return”, I think.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
