Re: [Mingw-users] MinGWiki Formatting Problems

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

Greg Chicares wrote:
> The only possibly-significant difference I see is that I had
> typed a space between ']' and '?', and you didn't. But I had
> considered that before, suspecting something like those bizarre
> C++ trigraphs, yet dismissed it when I saw "] ?" with the space
> here:
>   * __ How do I build a [mingw hosted cross compiler] ? __ %%%
> just a few lines down.

I don't *think* that's significant.

While it isn't conventional practice in English writing, to
leave extra space between the end of a sentence and the terminal
punctuation mark, it does seem to be commonplace among French
writers; (although UK based, I work for a French company, and
I see this all the time).

I suspect that the extra space seen in some places are a relic
of the style established by Julien Lecomte, who I guess *is*
French, and to whom we owe an enormous debt of gratitude for
much of the present FAQ -- thank you, Julien :-)

I haven't taken the time to completely review the FAQ, but
when I do notice one of these extra spaces, I tend to remove
it, to bring the format more into line with conventional
English writing style.

Regards,
Keith.