From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/66458 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Stefan_M=FCller?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Non-stretching or slow-stretching spaces? 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On 27.02.2011 05:02, S Barmeier wrote: > I was wondering if there are any kind of spaces which (partly) fix the > spacing between characters. For example, typesetting "Chapter 1", I > would like to keep the space from stretching at the same rate as the > surrounding spaces (just like ck ligatures in old German texts would be > prevented from stretching, or the space in do n't (sic) in early 20th > century American texts). > > I currently use > Did you mix up those two? > "\ " to prevent a line break I don't think that this prevents a line break, at least not in MkIV. You could use ~ as in "don't~break~here". > "~" to prevent extra space after a period You can set this globally [1] (if I understand you correctly). If you only want to use it at some places use "\ " as in "i.e.\ ". [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/French_spacing HTH, Stefan > \, > \; > etc. as fractions(?) of the normal space (i.e. they change at the same > rate as the normal space when stretched) > > Are there any other types of spaces I should be aware of? I would be > most grateful for any comments, especially concerning the existence of a > slow-stretching (or non-stretching) space... > > Thank you, > Severin ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________