Re: [PATCH] doc: Remove double-spacing in text

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On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 08:11:41AM +0200, Máté Eckl wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 02:31:51PM +1000, Duncan Roe wrote:
> > Double-spacing in .txt files has no effect on PDF or man page output and
> > can make it hard to locate phrases when editing, so remove them.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Duncan Roe <duncan_roe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Most (if not all) of these double spaces are produced by vim auto-reformatting
> so basically they are intentionally there.
>
> Being automatic, I don't think they will be avoided in the future. Adding that
> they are there to make the text as justified as possible (and the man page does
> not include extra spaces from the source) so I think it is not a broblem to have
> them.
>
> Regards,
> Mate

As I implied in the commit, I find them annoying at edit time. That's why I
would prefer to see them go. They're only in a few places - there's no
consistency and I wouldn't expect vim will put them back.

The patch gets accepted or not,

Cheers ... Duncan.



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