avoiding orphan punctuation signs
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Dear list, in French, it seems to be a typographical convention to add a blank space after or before some punctuation signs. la France ? « guillemot » judicieux : Is there a general command that automatically adds the no-break space (~) where required? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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Pablo Rodriguez mailto:oinos@gmx.es 28. Juli 2016 um 20:14 Dear list,
in French, it seems to be a typographical convention to add a blank space after or before some punctuation signs.
la France ? « guillemot » judicieux :
Is there a general command that automatically adds the no-break space (~) where required? \starttext
\startlines la France? «guillemot» judicieux: \stoplines \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \startlines la France? «guillemot» judicieux: \stoplines \stoptext Wolfgang
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On 07/28/2016 08:17 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Pablo Rodriguez 28. Juli 2016 um 20:14 Dear list,
in French, it seems to be a typographical convention to add a blank space after or before some punctuation signs.
la France ? « guillemot » judicieux :
Is there a general command that automatically adds the no-break space (~) where required?
[...] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
Many thanks for your fast reply, Wolfgang. This was exactly what I needed. Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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