> > There is always a longer space between sentences than after a "." > > that doesn't mark the end of a sentence > > This could easily be turned off with the use of a single \frenchspacing > in the preamble (or in the document; you may switch between the two in > the document as often as you like; e.g. \frenchspacing is active > starting from the point TeX reads the macro until it is set back to > \nonfrenchspacing).
I'm fully aware of that, but that also messes up the spacing between sentences. My proposed solution should be robust enough to be more-or-less foolproof yet produce nice-looking output. András