1285: Third Way - Revision history

82.132.239.79: /* Explanation */ There's a lot of distinction between HTML and how both typical (per-site reconfigurable) BBCode and wikimarkup convey their sources (via conversion to suitable HTML). If must talk about each of 'em, there are similarities & differences.

2025-12-29T15:11:19Z

‎Explanation: There's a lot of distinction between HTML and how both typical (per-site reconfigurable) BBCode and wikimarkup convey their sources (via conversion to suitable HTML). If must talk about each of 'em, there are similarities & differences.

172.69.195.116: Undo revision 347406 by 172.69.34.15 (talk) Self-demonstrating article, it appears to me. (If you contract it into the one paragraph, it also looks very messy. Needs rewrite.)

2024-07-28T20:15:38Z

Undo revision 347406 by 172.69.34.15 (talk) Self-demonstrating article, it appears to me. (If you contract it into the one paragraph, it also looks *very* messy. Needs rewrite.)

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2024-07-28T01:32:46Z

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Pie Guy: /* Explanation */ I think someone didn't know what eponymous meant

2023-11-21T16:35:01Z

‎Explanation: I think someone didn't know what eponymous meant

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 This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as {{w|HTML}}, {{w|TeX}}, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts.
-In most markup languages, a single line feed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
+In markup languages such as that used in wikimedia, e.g. this site, a single line feed in the source is rendered as a simple space in a continuing paragraph of text, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
 This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.
-(Incidentally, HTML and languages derived from it such as {{w|BBCode}} and {{w|Wiki markup}} will generally render multiple consecutive whitespace characters as a single space, so pretty much every page on the Internet uses single spacing whether the author wants to or not.)
+HTML and languages derived from it will generally render multiple consecutive whitespace characters as a single in-line space (and raw HTML linefeeds are treated as just such a whitespace, no matter how many consecutive ones there are), so pretty much every page on the Internet uses single spacing, whether the author wants to or not, unless they specifically insert various hardcoded whitespaces (such as the "&amp;nbsp;" non-breaking space character) or use suitable {{w|HTML element#Block elements|block-level}} markup to enforce paragraph breaks (whether or not the HTML itself includes newline characters).
 The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used; when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie.

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 [[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the mysterious "third way".
 This obviates the problem, as a period will always appear at the end of a line and the spacing after it becomes moot.
 A line break after every sentence is sometimes called "[http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ semantic linefeeds]".
 This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as {{w|HTML}}, {{w|TeX}}, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts.
 In most markup languages, a single line feed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
 This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.
 (Incidentally, HTML and languages derived from it such as {{w|BBCode}} and {{w|Wiki markup}} will generally render multiple consecutive whitespace characters as a single space, so pretty much every page on the Internet uses single spacing whether the author wants to or not.)
 The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used; when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie.
 However, realistically, it is implausible that one can hear whitespace.{{Citation needed}}
 Randall's mocking characterization in the title text of overzealous advocates using the phrase "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" has appeared in previous comics: [[496: Secretary: Part 3]] and [[1013: Wake Up Sheeple]].
 Note that this is not the first time Randall has [[:Category:Compromise|proposed a controversial third way]], and this debate is later referenced in [[1989: IMHO]].
 Sentence spacing was previously mentioned in the title text of [[1070: Words for Small Sets]].

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 [[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the mysterious "third way".
 This obviates the problem, as a period will always appear at the end of a line and the spacing after it becomes moot.
 A line break after every sentence is sometimes called "[http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ semantic linefeeds]".
 This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as {{w|HTML}}, {{w|TeX}}, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts.
 In most markup languages, a single line feed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
 This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.
 (Incidentally, HTML and languages derived from it such as {{w|BBCode}} and {{w|Wiki markup}} will generally render multiple consecutive whitespace characters as a single space, so pretty much every page on the Internet uses single spacing whether the author wants to or not.)
 The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used; when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie.
 However, realistically, it is implausible that one can hear whitespace.{{Citation needed}}
 Randall's mocking characterization in the title text of overzealous advocates using the phrase "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" has appeared in previous comics: [[496: Secretary: Part 3]] and [[1013: Wake Up Sheeple]].
 Note that this is not the first time Randall has [[:Category:Compromise|proposed a controversial third way]], and this debate is later referenced in [[1989: IMHO]].
 Sentence spacing was previously mentioned in the title text of [[1070: Words for Small Sets]].

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 While typewriter typists in the United States were traditionally taught to use two spaces between sentences, this is becoming less common and many sources now recommend having only one space, although this topic is still {{w|Sentence spacing#Controversy|controversial}}.
-[[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the eponymous "third way".
+[[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the mysterious "third way".
 This obviates the problem, as a period will always appear at the end of a line and the spacing after it becomes moot.

1285: Third Way - Revision history

82.132.239.79: /* Explanation */ There's a lot of distinction between HTML and how both typical (per-site reconfigurable) BBCode and wikimarkup convey their sources (via conversion to suitable HTML). If must talk about each of 'em, there are similarities & differences.

172.69.195.116: Undo revision 347406 by 172.69.34.15 (talk) Self-demonstrating article, it appears to me. (If you contract it into the one paragraph, it also looks *very* messy. Needs rewrite.)

172.69.34.15: /* Explanation */

Pie Guy: /* Explanation */ I think someone didn't know what eponymous meant

Davidy22: Reverted edits by Explain xkcd server admin (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

Explain xkcd server admin at 21:41, 20 May 2022

Theusaf: Reverted edits by 👖🔥 (talk) to last revision by Jacky720

👖🔥 at 17:24, 11 May 2022

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 23:56, 4 May 2022

172.69.195.116: Undo revision 347406 by 172.69.34.15 (talk) Self-demonstrating article, it appears to me. (If you contract it into the one paragraph, it also looks very messy. Needs rewrite.)