On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olivier Guéry wrote: > > > Looking to my tests it seems that if there's a space in the source > > file, the spacing is not apply — and I guess the nbsp neither. > > So, what would be great is we had something that say : no mater what > > is in front of this punctuations (space, nbsp or nothing) just make > > them nbsp with the right spacing ! > > it's no problem to add avariant that treats nospace, space, nbsp as > equel, and removes in that case the space/nbsp but if we support such a > thing, we need a better specification; there are probably more space > related chars that needs treatment then
Great to hear. Sorry but I don't understand well your last sentence : « there are probably more space related chars that needs treatment then ». You want to know if there's other rules related to spaces in french typography ? One of the most complicated for me is the « — » because the nbsp is a « espace justifiante insécable » — don't know how to say this in English — when we use it as parentheses, a regular nbps for dialog : — Hello, — Hello, how are you ? and sometime… nothing. So I think we have to deal with this « by hand ». Bus I'm sure about the rules for « : », « ; », « ? », « ! », "«" and "»". And if I remember well, in Latex the space is 0.16667, not 0.25. If you want, I can contact french people who know the rules, on a typography mailing list. Thank's for trying to solve the french strange behaviours. Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] Olivier [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nemolivier.blogspot.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
