inter-word spacing (initials)

[Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>]

My original query has generated some interesting sidelines but no  
solution, at least none that I can see. So, with all due apologies, I  
shall presume on your patience by restating my query.

In (English) typography the spacing after a period within a sentence  
is less that that after a period at the end of a sentence. Since the  
days of Plain TeX, one achieved the proper spacing after an intra- 
sentence period by entering “.\<space>”. My problem is that this no  
longer seems to work with recent versions of ConTeXt/MKII: “.\<space>”  
does not seem to have any effect at all.

So, how are we now to get the proper spacing after an intra-sentence  
period? Are there some language/spacing commands that need to be  
invoked in the prelims now?

Sample text:
\starttext

A. E. Samuels and other scholars.  The community of time{-}keepers.

A.\ E.\ Samuels and other scholars. The community of time{-}keepers.

\stoptext

Alan
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