- From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lcrocker@calweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Let's sum up and see if we can end this interminable thread
with a decision from the big guys.
To sum up, there are two ways to look at
1. It's just like the letter "G", but using no ink.
2. It's just like a space, except you can't break a line there.
There are many arguments on both sides:
#1 is simple to explain and trivial to implement
#1 is closer to current practice in a particular piece
of shi^H^Hoftware that shall remain nameless.
#2 better fits advanced typological practice: e.g. justified
text will pad or squeeze them like other spaces.
#2 it's _called_ a space, so it should act like one (a pretty
silly argument if you ask me, but it was brought up).
So, can the W3C just agree to pick one for the next version
of whatever they release, document it, and be done with it?
--
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
Received on Friday, 2 August 1996 17:11:42 UTC