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Why not 3 spaces? > You might also infer from the article's tone that "you get to feel superior to those Neanderthals that use two spaces" I see we're very po
by remram 4y ago
Why not 3 spaces?
> You might also infer from the article's tone that "you get to feel superior to those Neanderthals that use two spaces"
I see we're very polite on your side:
> don't worry, I'm using two spaces like a sane person
- quickthrower2 4y agoOr a tab! Ducks.
- dredmorbius 4y agoSince you suggest that route, a semantic differentiator between inter-word, inter-element (e.g., "Dr. Gupta", "Sr. Director"), inter-sentence, and inter-paragraph whitespace could be argued for. We already have spaces, tabs, and non-breaking spaces (" " in HTML), for example. ASCII already has a number of field-specific terminators: STX, ETX, EOF, LF, FF, FS, GS, RS, US, etc. Though those tend to be little used. In terms of ease of use, existing standards, and ready interpretation, a doubled space as an inter-sentence indicator has numerous benefits.
- School-Cotton 4y ago> Why not 3 spaces? The main point is that it’s useful for the token that separates words to be different from the one that separates sentences. So three spaces would have no advantage over two.
- remram 4y agoThat was just one of the many points in the article. It's actually not a point at all unless one uses Vim with the specified setting (which you can only do if all the text you edit uses two spaces).