[Users] word wrapping

Brad Rogers brad at fineby.me.uk
Sun Oct 26 07:38:12 CET 2014


On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:04:54 +1100
blind Pete <peter_s_d at fastmail.com.au> wrote:

Hello blind,

>the correct way to type was with *one* space after a word or lesser
>punctuation mark, but *two* spaces after sentence ending full stop,

That died, along with commas in addresses, etc. when computers had
limited amounts of memory.  So, a saving of a byte here and byte there
made *all* the difference.  Even though the necessity for such savings
is long gone, the habit remains.  Except among a few of us,
obviously.   :-)

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