Re: [NTG-context] log: use \thinspace instead of \,

Alan Braslau schrieb am 29.06.2021 um 17:40:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:06:02 +0200 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

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Maybe, but in running text I use \, all the time e.\,g. in abbreviations or for numbers (10\,000). At least in German typography these “spatiums” are necessary. In French typography as well.

Indeed, American: 10,000.00 French: 10\,000,00 (and other languages).

This is quite readable, and much preferred to the use of any kind of macro that might format numbers according to language.

I find that students often need such helpers when deciphering many digits.

Let's not forget all of these spaces commands are used in math mode. Wolfgang