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manual: avoid double spaces after "i.e."

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@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ to be installed in a particular directory structure --- e.g., with
A @dfn{target directory} is the root of a tree in which one or more A @dfn{target directory} is the root of a tree in which one or more
packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed. @file{/usr/local} is a packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed. @file{/usr/local} is a
common choice for this, but by no means the only such location. Another common choice for this, but by no means the only such location. Another
common choice is @file{~} (i.e. the user's @code{$HOME} directory) in common choice is @file{~} (i.e.@: the user's @code{$HOME} directory) in
the case where Stow is being used to manage the user's configuration the case where Stow is being used to manage the user's configuration
(``dotfiles'') and other files in their @code{$HOME}. The examples in (``dotfiles'') and other files in their @code{$HOME}. The examples in
this manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory. this manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ target directory, @file{/usr/local/stow} is the stow directory,
@cindex symlink destination @cindex symlink destination
@cindex relative symlink @cindex relative symlink
@cindex absolute symlink @cindex absolute symlink
A @dfn{symlink} is a symbolic link, i.e. an entry on the filesystem A @dfn{symlink} is a symbolic link, i.e.@: an entry on the filesystem
whose path is sometimes called the @dfn{symlink source}, which points to whose path is sometimes called the @dfn{symlink source}, which points to
another location on the filesystem called the @dfn{symlink destination}. another location on the filesystem called the @dfn{symlink destination}.
There is no guarantee that the destination actually exists. There is no guarantee that the destination actually exists.
@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ is absolute when the destination names a full path; that is, one
starting from @file{/}. A symlink is relative when the destination starting from @file{/}. A symlink is relative when the destination
names a relative path; that is, one not starting from @file{/}. The names a relative path; that is, one not starting from @file{/}. The
destination of a relative symlink is computed starting from the destination of a relative symlink is computed starting from the
symlink's own directory, i.e. the directory containing the symlink symlink's own directory, i.e.@: the directory containing the symlink
source. source.
@quotation Note @quotation Note
@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ refolding (@pxref{tree refolding}). If a new subdirectory is
encountered whilst stowing a new package, the subdirectory is created encountered whilst stowing a new package, the subdirectory is created
within the target, and its contents are symlinked, rather than just within the target, and its contents are symlinked, rather than just
creating a symlink for the directory. If removal of symlinks whilst creating a symlink for the directory. If removal of symlinks whilst
unstowing a package causes a subtree to be foldable (i.e. only unstowing a package causes a subtree to be foldable (i.e.@: only
containing symlinks to a single package), that subtree will not be containing symlinks to a single package), that subtree will not be
removed and replaced with a symlink. removed and replaced with a symlink.