Re: Formatting text and using the convention of putting 2 spaces after a period

On 06.08.18 11:40, David Woodfall wrote:
> I've noticed that when I select a block of text (written English
> prose, not code) and press gq to reformat it, vim will change some of
> the spaces after a period into two spaces, as is the convention among
> some typists.
>
> Is this intended, and can it be changed?

AFAICT it's an Americanism, judging by occurrence. It defeats simplistic
automated removal of erroneous double spaces between words.

To turn it off, I have:

set nojoinspaces " Only one space when joining lines.

> Personally, I prefer to keep just one space after a period, but I
> notice that it does happen consistently - sometimes it will change
> the spaces and sometimes not.

Does your cpoptions include 'j'? If so, you'll only get one space after
'?' or '!'.

It's not a format taught here in Australia, at least not >50 years ago
when I was in primary school, and it's not found in the wild here since
either.

Erik

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