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
-
%
% 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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Re: [NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
Ryo Furue wrote: 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? texmf-project/tex/context/user/ is a pretty safe place Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
\def\fourdots
{\ldotp\ldotp\ldotp\ldotp}
Wolfgang
Am 11.05.2009 um 23:14 schrieb Ryo Furue:
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
-
%
% 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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Re: [NTG-context] narrow space in \ldots.
Am 08.05.2009 um 22:22 schrieb Ryo Furue:
\starttext
Hello\ldots. World.\ldots
Hello\unknown. World.\unknown
Hello\unknown World.
\stoptext
\unexpanded\def\fourdots{{\def\periodswidth{.3em}\periods[4]}}
\starttext
Hello\fourdots\ World\fourdots
Hello\fourdots\ World.
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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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.
Ryo Furue wrote: 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 - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
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 ___
