Comments on: Extra Sentence Space v1.1

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:16:26 +0000

Is it possible to modify the code in this plugin to put two spaces after punctuations other than . ! ? such as | (vertical bar).

I am trying to format my website so that there are two spaces before and after each vertical bar, but WordPress eliminates the double space after the vertical bar.

By: Ben Tremblay

Ben Tremblay — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:37:58 +0000

Old school; me like!
Hi … just found your work. (Added your list to my “To Be Explored” page in the plugin roundup I just started.

So for now: greets!
@bentrem

By: Mango

Mango — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:51:23 +0000

Excellent! Works just as intended and the code is as simple as pie. Thanks! -Mango

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:12:21 +0000

I’m actually looking for a plugin that does the opposite of this. Two spaces after a period is incorrect unless you’re using a monospaced font – like Courier New. I’d like them removed since my website does not use monospaced fonts.

By: drokkon

drokkon — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:30:38 +0000

Hmmm…this plugin does the opposite of what I’d like.

Two spaces between sentences is a complete throwback to the day when typewriters made every character (even periods and spaces!) equidistant. With the advent of word processors and now computers, spacing is much more dynamic based upon the font set and program settings. As such, in a computing environment, one space is much more accurate (desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm) but still the debate rages.

Anyway, I found your Text Replace plugin and was very eager to use it to change ” – ” (space-dash-space) to “—” (an em-dash). However, your code has spaces around the “=>” so I’m not sure it parses spaces, etc. I’d also like to change “…” (three periods) to the “…” character, and several other niggly things (including removing the extra space between sentences) that my bloggers keep tossing me.

Is your Text Replace plugin capable of this, or should I look elsewhere? Thanks for all your hard work!