"quaint Victorian habit"? lol I am a steampunk!
― clay/tone herbskirt nut/mother, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I was taught to use two spaces, which I did up until a couple years ago when I successfully started using only one.
However, this thread is seriously making me think about switching back to two.
― well in (advance johnson), Friday, 16 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Knock yourself out, if I ever have to set your copy I know how find and replace works.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
FIND: ". "REPLACE: "big fat hairy penis"
― Fozzielad, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
These arguments all boil down to "let us not forsake the gods of our fathers" vs. "god is dead, you silly geese".
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
When learning to write with a pen(cil) while in very early years at school, I remember vaguely being taught one finger width after a comma, two after a full stop. Not with typing though.
― Banned socks (Osoby), Friday, 16 December 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
That's all very well, but what if you are an elephant?
― Y.O. Mini (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 16 December 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFpsDAL4oKE
― another suggestbanite (rusty flathead screwdriver), Friday, 30 December 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 31 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Poll ResultsOption Votes1 762 12
About what I expected.
I use 1 space. In typing class we were taught 2 spaces (1991, on typewriters) and I kept doing it until ~2005 when I was SCHOCKED to learn that the rationale behind 2 spaces didn't apply to most typing on a computer.
It was not difficult at all to retrain myself, though the double-tap on the space bar did feel really satisfying.
― Sandbox Jesse, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
Double-tapping two-space trogs is equally satisfying, imo.
― IEEE (Leee), Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I am thinking this poll solves nothing. nothing. the bleak futility of it rises up and threatens to engulf me.
― Aimless, Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
i just got an iphone and i'm worried the period trick is gonna bring back some old habits
― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link