Re: [Groff] new automake system

[Carsten Kunze]

Clarke Echols <address@hidden> 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