Re: replacement of "\@." ?

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Yue Wang wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Ryo Furue <furue@hawaii.edu> wrote:
>> Hi ConTeXt users,
>>
>> I'm wondering what's the ConTeXt version
>> of LaTeX's "\@."  (which indicates an end-of-sentence
>> period).  I can define
>>
>>  \def\@{\spacefactor1000}
>>
>> and use it, but if there is an official version
>> I'd like to know.
>>
> 
> I think in Professional typesetting, the same amount of space should
> be left for all full stop/comma/whaever.
> You'd better change TeX's default behavior.

huh?

each language can has its own rules ... spacing after period or comma is 
one, but also think of quotes in quotations etc; and, the french have 
spacing before and after : ; . , (it has always been a selling point for 
tex to be able to deal with it)

Hans

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