From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: narrow space in "\ldots."
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 00:10:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0678D80D-EAA5-4959-843A-C1B7EA8155F7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090511.111458.106822172.furue@hawaii.edu>
\def\fourdots
{\ldotp\ldotp\ldotp\ldotp}
Wolfgang
Am 11.05.2009 um 23:14 schrieb Ryo Furue:
> Wolfgang,
>
> | \unexpanded\def\fourdots{{\def\periodswidth{.3em}\periods[4]}}
> |
> | \starttext
> | Hello\fourdots\ World\fourdots
> |
> | Hello\fourdots\ World.
> | \stoptext
>
> Thanks for the macro! It's almost perfect. . . . I thought I was
> imagining things, but the distance between the last letter of the word
> and the first dot actually seems to be dependent on the parameter
> "\periodswidth{.3em}". See the attached example.
>
> I changed it to "\periodswidth{.4em}" and then the distance is
> larger with \fourdots than with \ldots . The distance \ldots
> produces is the same as a raw period produces. If possible,
> I'd like the distance to be always the same as the one
> a raw period produces.
>
> By the way, I'm wondering where one should store personal macro files.
> With LaTeX (texlive-latex), ~/texmf/tex/latex/ seems to be the default
> place. Is ~/texmf/tex/context/ a recommended place?
>
> Ryo
> -------------
> %
> % Use a large font to make the difference clearer.
> %
> \unexpanded\def\fourdots{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[4]}}
> \starttext
> Hello. World.
>
> Hello\ldots. World.
>
> Hello\fourdots\ World.
>
> Hello. World.
> \stoptext
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-11 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-08 19:03 Ryo Furue
2009-05-08 19:56 ` Hans Hagen
2009-05-08 20:22 ` Ryo Furue
2009-05-09 8:45 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-05-11 21:14 ` Ryo Furue
2009-05-11 21:18 ` Hans Hagen
2009-05-11 22:10 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
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