Re: other manual style issues

[Mats Bengtsson]

When writing scientific papers with math formulas in them, I often
use a comma before the formula. If you think of the figure as an
inserted clarification in the sentence, it makes sense to use
a comma. (Of course, then you would like a comma also after the figure.
Again, with math formulas, it's common to end the formula with a comma
or a period - something you unfortunately cannot do with the figures.)


  /Mats

Graham Percival wrote:
> Ok, now that the silly gender issues have their own thread, let's 
> discuss real issues.
>
> I have one request for 2-space tabs for examples in the manual.  I'm 
> happy with this.  Any objections?
>
>
> Punctuation before an example: if we have a small amount of text, I'm 
> content to have the text flow directly into the example (ie no period). 
>  But if we've got a whole paragraph before the example, I'd really like 
> to end the last sentence (ie add a period).  I agree that we shouldn't 
> have any colons or commas before an example, but IMO if we have a full 
> sentence at the end of a long paragraph, we should include a full stop. 
>  Doing otherwise looks quite weird
>
> ----------
> ---o-----
> ---|------
> ---|------
> ----------
>
>
> Doesn't that last paragraph look weird without a period at the end of 
> the final sentence?
>
> In contrast, consider the following example
>
> -----------
> ---|-------
> ---|-------
> ---o------
> -----------
>
>
> The second example works; the first does not.  IMNSHO, of course.  :)
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>
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