Re: [NTG-context] replacement of \...@. ?
| I'm wondering what's the ConTeXt version
| of LaTeX's \...@. (which indicates an end-of-sentence
| period). I can define
|
| \d...@{\spacefactor1000}
|
| and use it, but if there is an official version
| I'd like to know.
|
| ... USA.\ ...
Thanks, but that doesn't change the spacing, in my environment
at least. (I use texlive-context on the testing distribution
of Debian.)
I think the command \ inserts an inter-word spacing,
not an inter-sentence spacing. You can compare whether
USA.\ This is another sentence
gives the same result as
USA\spacefactor1000. This is another sentence
I know there is a typographic style where the inter-word
and inter-sentence spacings are the same. But, by default,
ConTeXt uses a larger inter-sentence spacing than the
inter-word spacing. In such a case, there has to be a means
to indicate an inter-sentence spacing when a sentence ends
with a capital letter and a period.
Regards,
Ryo
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[NTG-context] replacement of \...@. ?
Hi ConTeXt users,
I'm wondering what's the ConTeXt version
of LaTeX's \...@. (which indicates an end-of-sentence
period). I can define
\d...@{\spacefactor1000}
and use it, but if there is an official version
I'd like to know.
Regards,
Ryo
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Re: [NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
Wolfgang,
| \unexpanded\def\fourdots{{\def\periodswidth{.3em}\periods[4]}}
|
| \starttext
| Hello\fourdots\ World\fourdots
|
| Hello\fourdots\ World.
| \stoptext
Thanks for the macro! It's almost perfect. . . . I thought I was
imagining things, but the distance between the last letter of the word
and the first dot actually seems to be dependent on the parameter
\periodswidth{.3em}. See the attached example.
I changed it to \periodswidth{.4em} and then the distance is
larger with \fourdots than with \ldots . The distance \ldots
produces is the same as a raw period produces. If possible,
I'd like the distance to be always the same as the one
a raw period produces.
By the way, I'm wondering where one should store personal macro files.
With LaTeX (texlive-latex), ~/texmf/tex/latex/ seems to be the default
place. Is ~/texmf/tex/context/ a recommended place?
Ryo
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%
% Use a large font to make the difference clearer.
%
\unexpanded\def\fourdots{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[4]}}
\starttext
Hello. World.
Hello\ldots. World.
Hello\fourdots\ World.
Hello. World.
\stoptext
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[NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
Hello ConTeXt folks,
I'm quite new to ConTeXt. I like it.
It's way more systematic than LaTeX.
Here's my first question. When omitting the last
part of a sentence, I want four periods:
This is a long sentence which\ldots.
LaTeX produces equally-spaced four periods,
but with ConTeXt, the last space is narrower
than the preceding two. (See examples below.)
I guess that LaTeX specifically designed
its \ldots with this use (sentence-ending four dots)
in mind. How can one fix it in ConTeXt?
I use the context package version 2008.05.21-1
on Debian testing. The LaTeX is from the
texlive-latex packages.
Cheers,
Ryo
%--- ConTeXt version --
\starttext
Hello\ldots. World.\ldots
\stoptext
%--- LaTeX version --
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello\ldots. World.\ldots
\end{document}
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Re: [NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
Hello Hans, | Hello ConTeXt folks, | I'm quite new to ConTeXt. I like it. | It's way more systematic than LaTeX. | Here's my first question. When omitting the last | part of a sentence, I want four periods: |This is a long sentence which\ldots. | | which\unknown Thanks for the answer! It's close, but not quite. First, I noticed that \unknown produces three dots, not four. So, I tried \unknown. (See the attached.) In this case, There is a thin space between the word and the first dot, so that the output looks like which . . . . Convention says that the fist dot should look like a sentence-ending period: which. . . . Second, with \unknown., the last space is slightly, just slightly, narrower than the preceding two. I guess \unknown is designed to be an inter-sentence ellipsis: This long sentence\unknown is complicated. For this purpose, it's perfect. It generates appropriate spaces before and after the three dots. Regards, Ryo \starttext Hello\ldots. World.\ldots Hello\unknown. World.\unknown Hello\unknown World. \stoptext ___ 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 ___
