Fwd: log: use \thinspace instead of \,

Fwd: log: use \thinspace instead of \,

[Hans Hagen]

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Subject: Re: [NTG-context] log: use \thinspace instead of \,
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 00:08:39 +0200
From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>

On 6/30/2021 10:57 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Alan Braslau schrieb am 29.06.2021 um 17:40:
>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:06:02 +0200
>> Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe, but in running text I use \, all the time e.\,g. in
>>> abbreviations or for numbers (10\,000). At least in German typography
>>> these “spatiums” are necessary.
>> In French typography as well.
>>
>> Indeed,
>> American: 10,000.00
>> French:   10\,000,00
>> (and other languages).
>>
>> This is quite readable, and much preferred to the use of any kind of
>> macro that might format numbers according to language.
>>
>> I find that students often need such helpers when deciphering many
>> digits.
> 
> Let's not forget all of these spaces commands are used in math mode.
Sure, and thet adaot to math mode. They will nto dissppear, it's just 
that in macros I like more verbose names.

Hans

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