Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

[Carlos <linguafalsa@gmail.com>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3872 bytes --]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 09:18:35AM -0400, Carlos wrote:
> \showmakeup on \TeX\ shows a 
> 
> tSP:3.282
> THK:-1.721
> H__E
> X
> HK:-1.291
> SP:3.282
> 
> I assume that SP stands for space. Correct me if I'm wrong
> 
> After reading some of the manuals that mention \showmakeup with and
> without [spaces] and so forth, I couldn't find any more info related
> to this.
> 
> If anyone can provide me more information as to what does HK means there? 
> 
> Anyhow
> 
> If I were to have, say, a control _word_ such as \TeX\, the sequence of
> TeX kerning is thrown off. The only remedy would be to have a a \qquad
> preceding the control sequence e.g., {\qquad
> \TeX\ significantly} to sort of ameliorate this side-effect. But then
> again. Spacing is off. e.g., 
> 
> The separation of any of these four components would have
> hurt {\qquad\TeX\ significantly}. If I had not participated fully in
> 
> But it's interesting that \showmakeup, kerning and spaces would
> display what's to be expected. And yet, the aformentioned set of  
> 
> tSP:3.282
> THK:-1.721
> H__E
> X
> HK:-1.291
> SP:3.282
> 
> is accurate nevertheless. And a very nice implementation at that,
> but one I fear can't be included on a final document either.
> 
> With that being said, the introduction of a \qquad, in addition to
> \showmakeup with, say, redundancy aside, whatever is preceding the \TeX\
> alongside the file would also introduce a space where no space was ever
> there before.
> 
> Because of all of this, and unfortunately, \showmakeup is not quite helpful
> here either. Although it does so displays the amount of spaces and
> so forth, any addition of a \qquad also adds a very subtle unwanted
> space.
> 
> And since we're looking here, I pressume, solely for accuracy and
> perfection, we're left here with neither: zero, zip. It evaporates.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dear Emily:
> 	I'm still confused as to what groups articles should be posted
> to.  How about an example?
> 		-- Still Confused
> 
> Dear Still:
> 	Ok.  Let's say you want to report that Gretzky has been traded from
> the Oilers to the Kings.  Now right away you might think rec.sport.hockey
> would be enough.  WRONG.  Many more people might be interested.  This is a
> big trade!  Since it's a NEWS article, it belongs in the news.* hierarchy
> as well.  If you are a news admin, or there is one on your machine, try
> news.admin.  If not, use news.misc.
> 	The Oilers are probably interested in geology, so try sci.physics.
> He is a big star, so post to sci.astro, and sci.space because they are also
> interested in stars.  Next, his name is Polish sounding.  So post to
> soc.culture.polish.  But that group doesn't exist, so cross-post to
> news.groups suggesting it should be created.  With this many groups of
> interest, your article will be quite bizarre, so post to talk.bizarre as
> well.  (And post to comp.std.mumps, since they hardly get any articles
> there, and a "comp" group will propagate your article further.)
> 	You may also find it is more fun to post the article once in each
> group.  If you list all the newsgroups in the same article, some newsreaders
> will only show the article to the reader once!  Don't tolerate this.
> 		-- Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
> webpage  : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net
> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> wiki     : https://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 

-- 
As of next Tuesday, C will be flushed in favor of COBOL.
Please update your programs.

[-- Attachment #2: Screenshot_20230701_030306.png --]
[-- Type: image/png, Size: 17399 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #3: Screenshot_20230701_030044.png --]
[-- Type: image/png, Size: 37961 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #4: Type: text/plain, Size: 495 bytes --]

___________________________________________________________________________________
If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage  : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net
archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
wiki     : https://contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________