Thanks, Hans. I simplified the test file.
\mainlanguage[en]
\unexpanded\def\ {\mathortext\normalspaceprimitive\space}
\starttext
A. E. Samuels.
A.\ E.\ Samuels.
\stoptext
Do you see the required difference at your end? On my screen, the
two lines look exactly the same (regardless of the length of the
paragraphs).
Alan
On Aug 3, 2008, at 16;45,43 , Hans Hagen wrote:
> Alan Bowen wrote:
>> Thanks, Hans. In my test file I now have
>>
>> \mainlanguage[en]
>> \unexpanded\def\ {\mathortext\normalspaceprimitive\space}
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> x. x, x x\crlf
>> x, x. x x\crlf
>> x,\ x.\ x\ x\crlf
>> x.\ x,\ x\ x\crlf
>> X. X, X X\crlf
>> X, X. X X\crlf
>> X,\ X.\ X\ X\crlf
>> X.\ X,\ X\ X
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Unfortunately, I do not see any effect in the output (under MKII).
>> The
>> space after a period looks the same as the space after “.\ ”,
>> though it
>> should be bigger.
>
> use \break instead, \crlf does a \hfill since there is no need for
> stretch when using crlf
>
>
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