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>Why is this a problem? Leaving 2 spaces after a period at the end of a
>sentence seems to be a sensible way of improving readability. Or is this
>an old typist's habit that the computer age has solved somehow?
It's an old typist habit that the computer age has _not_ solved. I still
use 2 spaces after a period in VI (on UNIX machines) because there's a
simple search pattern for dot, space, space.
BTW, that's "worst documentation", not "worsrt".
(So _that's_ where the `r' in "poofreading" disappeared to....)
David (The Unbiased) Blyth
Technical Writer & Web Site Designer
Qualcomm
The usual disclaimers apply - QUALCOMM isn't that crazy.
Blodo Poa Maximus
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