Hi Hans, and all gurus, I noticed that the mkiv command \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] influences even the \type environment: is this behavior wanted or is it a side effect? Have a look at the following example in which \type{http://wiki.contextgarden.net} results in a space between « http » and « :// » as if the \type command were ignored regarding spacing. Best regards: OK %%% french-punctuation.tex \mainlanguage[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \setupinteraction [state=start,color=darkgreen] \useURL [wiki] [http://wiki.contextgarden.net/] [] [{\tt http://wiki.contextgarden.net/}] \starttext Here we are following the French rule of typesetting semicolumn: did you see? However this rule should not be followed in \type{\type}\dots \from[wiki] \blank \useURL{\type{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page}} \blank \starttyping http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page \stoptyping \blank since otherwise the interaction in the latter example is broken. Indeed there should not be a space between \type{http} and \type{://}. \stoptext