At 12:48 PM 9/30/96 -0900, W. Eliot Kimber wrote: >At 12:44 PM 9/30/96 CDT, Paul Grosso wrote: > >[... example omitted, see Paul's message ] > >>a. If 1 and 2 above are the only rules, then does that mean that the >>space and RE between the title and first paragraph are significant? >> >>b. Given the clarification of rule 2, then all of paragraph one's REs are >>collapsed to a single space, but paragraph two contains " @ @ @ @". Then, >>I assume rule 2 says each @ gets "collapsed" into a single space resulting >>in " ". Am I understanding this correctly? > >That's the way I interpret it: If you don't want spaces, don't put them in. So, correct me if I'm wrong, but with the proposed set of rules: "If you don't want spaces, don't put them in." With the other proposal: "If you don't want newlines, don't put 'em in." (I'm not ignoring the other proposals just juxtaposing these two.) I don't see a substantive difference other than that I lose the ability to do verbatim formatting with the former. bob Robert Streich streich@slb.com Schlumberger voice: 1 512 331 3318 Austin Research fax: 1 512 331 3760Received on Monday, 30 September 1996 22:10:36 EDT
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