Re: One space (or two) after a paragraph?

Subject: Re: One space (or two) after a paragraph?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Digest <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:20:44 -0700

Force of habit, reflexively typing a space after a period?

In some tools, an extra space can wrap, adding extra space before the
next paragraph, so that might be a bad habit.

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 1:05 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> It would never occur to me to do this, and I can't really think of a reason
> why I'd want to.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> On 8/21/2015 7:08 PM, Steven Jong wrote:
>>
>> In working on source files created by others, I sometimes come across
>> examples where the other writer has ended all paragraphs with a space
>> character. When it happens, it's clearly deliberate: One space at the end of
>> each paragraph and list item. I've seen it in files created in Word, Frame,
>> XMetaL, you name it, so it's the writer, not the tool.
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One space (or two) after a paragraph?: From: Steven Jong
Re: One space (or two) after a paragraph?: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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