From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/42953 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Bowen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: inter-word spacing (initials) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:28:18 -0400 Message-ID: <6B838163-2426-44F2-937E-1B28682D6687@princeton.edu> References: <182B1205-D103-46D5-9434-397C04AF57BF@princeton.edu> <4895D74A.4070702@wxs.nl> <201B97E7-F185-4C44-8F40-A3FFA623C5A1@princeton.edu> <489618F7.9040308@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217858610 11325 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2008 14:03:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:03:30 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Aug 04 16:04:17 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KQ0fP-0006SJ-N8 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:04:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65CD71FC51; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:03:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00072-03-2; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:02:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A911FB64; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:29:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D2C1FBB8 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:28:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27134-01-5 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:28:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from gold.muskoka.com (gold.muskoka.com [209.91.173.234]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D391FC44 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:28:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from huntsville-dialup-209-91-149-66.vianet.ca (huntsville-dialup-209-91-149-66.vianet.ca [209.91.149.66]) by gold.muskoka.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CB5C39F9 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:28:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <489618F7.9040308@wxs.nl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:42953 Archived-At: Thanks, Hans. I simplified the test file. \mainlanguage[en] \unexpanded\def\ {\mathortext\normalspaceprimitive\space} \starttext A. E. Samuels. A.\ E.\ Samuels. \stoptext Do you see the required difference at your end? On my screen, the = two lines look exactly the same (regardless of the length of the = paragraphs). Alan On Aug 3, 2008, at 16;45,43 , Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan Bowen wrote: >> Thanks, Hans. In my test file I now have >> >> \mainlanguage[en] >> \unexpanded\def\ {\mathortext\normalspaceprimitive\space} >> >> \starttext >> >> x. x, x x\crlf >> x, x. x x\crlf >> x,\ x.\ x\ x\crlf >> x.\ x,\ x\ x\crlf >> X. X, X X\crlf >> X, X. X X\crlf >> X,\ X.\ X\ X\crlf >> X.\ X,\ X\ X >> >> \stoptext >> >> Unfortunately, I do not see any effect in the output (under MKII). = >> The >> space after a period looks the same as the space after =93.\ =94, = >> though it >> should be bigger. > > use \break instead, \crlf does a \hfill since there is no need for > stretch when using crlf > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > 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-co= ntext > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________