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Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Sat, 27 February 2021 18:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 06:40:53PM +0100, Julian Reschke wrote:
> Am 27.02.2021 um 18:30 schrieb Nico Williams:
> > Is that XML or xml2rfc forcing that?
> 
> People rely on whitespace being insignificant inside <t> and similar
> elements. For instance, for indentation.

But what makes whitespace in <t> insignificant?  If it's xml2rfc, then
that can be changed.

> > > The third answer is: stop trying to. Optimizing the plain text output
> > > format really really is not important.
> > 
> > Not acceptable.
> 
> I just opened a random ancient RFC I'm familiar with (2068), and it
> hasn't two spaces after a sentence ending. At least not consistently.

So?

> So exactly when became this a "requirement"? And who determines what
> "acceptable" for plain text output?

It's very much a thing in typography to follow sentence-ending periods
with a wide space precisely to distinguish from non-sentence-ending
periods.

Nico
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